Property of a Renowned Private Collection
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Diane Arbus
Two Ladies at the Automat, N.Y.C
- Estimate
- £15,000 - 25,000‡
£27,940
Lot Details
artist made gelatin silver print
stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph', signed, titled, dated, numbered 70/75 by Doon Arbus, Executor, estate copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso
image 36.6 x 37 cm (14 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
sheet 50.4 x 40.3 cm (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
sheet 50.4 x 40.3 cm (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Photographed in 1966 and printed later by Neil Selkirk, this work is number 70 from an edition of 75.
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Diane Arbus
American | B. 1923 D. 1971Transgressing traditional boundaries, Diane Arbus is known for her highly desirable, groundbreaking portraiture taken primarily in the American Northeast during the late 1950s and 1960s. Famous for establishing strong personal relationships with her subjects, Arbus' evocative images capture them in varied levels of intimacy. Whether in their living rooms or on the street, their surreal beauty transcends the common distance found in documentary photography.Taken as a whole, Arbus' oeuvre presents the great diversity of American society — nudists, twins, babies, beauty queens and giants — while each distinct image brings the viewer into contact with an exceptional individual brought to light through Arbus' undeniable genius.
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