Diane Arbus - Photographs London Thursday, May 20, 2021 | Phillips

Photographs

London Auction 20 May 2021

  • Provenance

    ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica

  • Literature

    Diane Arbus: Magazine Work, New York: Aperture, 1984, p. 171
    Diane Arbus: Revelations, London: Jonathan Cape, 2003, p. 263
    Diane Arbus: Untitled, New York: Aperture, 2005, cover

  • Artist Biography

    Diane Arbus

    American • 1923 - 1971

    Transgressing 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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Diane Arbus

Untitled (8)

1970-1971
Gelatin silver print, printed later by Neil Selkirk.
36.8 x 36.8 cm (14 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)
Stamped 'A Diane Arbus photograph', signed, titled, dated and numbered 8/75 by Doon Arbus, Executor, in ink, reproduction limitation stamp on the verso.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 ‡

Sold for £10,080

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Photographs

London Auction 20 May 2021