Diane Arbus
Boy In Man's Hat, N.Y.C.

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© Estate of Diane Arbus

Boy In Man's Hat, N.Y.C.
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ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Boy In Man's Hat, N.Y.C.
Date1956, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 6 1/16 in. (23 × 15.4 cm)
 Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number99.579
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition History"Diane Arbus: Unseen Images," Exposure Gallery, Tokyo, November 13–December 20, 1992; Parco Gallery, Nagoya, December 30, 1992–January 17, 1993.

"Diane Arbus Revelations," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, October 25, 2003–February 8, 2004;Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 29– May 31, 2004; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 27–September 6, 2004; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 28–May 30, 2005; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, June 17–September 17, 2005; Victoria and Albert Museum, London,October 13, 2005–January 15, 2006; La Caixa, Barcelona,Spain, February 14–May 14, 2006; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, June 17–September10, 2006.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black on verso:
Upper left: "Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus."
Upper center: "Copyright ©19__ ['80' inscribed in black ink in blank space] / The Estate of Diane Arbus"
Upper right: "A Diane Arbus photograph ['8/75' inscribed in black ink] / title ['BOY IN A MAN'S HAT NYC / 1956' inscribed in black ink] / print by ['NEIL SELKIRK (PRINTER'S PROOF)' inscribed in black ink] / Doon Arbus [signed in black ink]"

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