Diane Arbus
Teenager with Baseball Bat, N.Y.C.

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© Estate of Diane Arbus

Teenager with Baseball Bat, N.Y.C.
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ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Teenager with Baseball Bat, N.Y.C.
Date1962, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (21.6 × 14.9 cm)
 Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number99.597
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to "Diane Arbus: Unseen Images," at Exposure Gallery, Tokyo, 11-13 to 12-20-92 and Parco Gallery, Nagoya, 12-30-92 to 1-17-93. Organized by Research of Art Media for Parco Corp., Ltd., Japan. See LN:92.24.
Exhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

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__ ['62' inscribed in black ink in blank space] / The Estate of Diane Arbus"
Upper right: "A Diane Arbus photograph ['6/75' inscribed in black ink] / title ['TEENAGER WITH A BASEBALL / BAT, NYC 1962' 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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