PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
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Diane Arbus
King and Queen of a senior citizens' dance, N.Y.C.
- Estimate
- $60,000 - 80,000
$161,000
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print.
1970
15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (40 x 38.7 cm)
Stamped 'a diane arbus print', signed by Doon Arbus, Executor, in ink, copyright credit and reproduction limitation stamps on the verso. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from the Estate of Diane Arbus.
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Please reference the beginning of the afternoon session (lot 140) for an essay on this collection.
Provenance
Literature
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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