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Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert’s Museum, N.Y.C. 1959

Image non disponible pour Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert’s Museum, N.Y.C. 1959

© The Estate of Diane Arbus

Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert’s Museum, N.Y.C. 1959
Image non disponible pour Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert’s Museum, N.Y.C. 1959
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert’s Museum, N.Y.C. 1959
Date1959, printed 1961–1965
Place depictedNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 × 9 1/16 in. (33 × 23 cm)
 Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey Fraenkel
Object number2024.1211
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceFraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink with added ink inscription, verso, top center: COPYRIGHT © 2007 // THE ESTATE OF DIANE ARBUS LLC // // ALL RIGHTS RESERVED // THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN // ANY WAY WHATSOEVER WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION // FROM THE ESTATE OF DIANE ARBUS LLC

Stamped in black ink with added ink inscriptions, verso, top right: A DIANE ARBUS PRINT #649-9-6U-1114 // Doon Arbus [signed] // DOON ARBUS FOR THE ESTATE OF DIANE ARBUS LLC

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