Diane Arbus
A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C.

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A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C.
Image non disponible pour A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C.
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C.
  • from the portfolio A box of ten photographs
Date1966, printed 1973
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2014.1107
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionDiane Arbus’s “contemporary anthropology”—portraits of couples, children, carnival performers, nudists, middle-class families, people on the street, eccentrics, and celebrities—stands as an allegory of postwar America, an exploration of the relationship between appearance and identity, illusion and belief, theater and reality. Her photographic portraits have all the force of a personal encounter and succeed in broadening our understanding of those around us.
ProvenanceEstate of the artist; [consigned to Witkin Gallery, New York]; [purchased by Harry Lunn, 1972]; [purchased by Jo Tartt, Washington, D.C., late 1970s]; purchased by Gay Block, Houston, 1986; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in blue ink on verso: diane Arbus photograph
Two printed label on verso with additional marks in ink:

This print is part of a limited edition portfolio / ten Diane Arbus photographs 8/50

(signature) / title a young man in curlers at home at West 20th Stret / date N.Y.C. c.1966 / print by Neil Selkirk, 1973 / Doon Arbus

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