Diane Arbus
Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1963

Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1963

© The Estate of Diane Arbus

Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1963
Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1963
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Two boys smoking in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1963
Date1963, printed later
Place depictedNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (36.8 × 36.8 cm)
 Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2011.979
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Diane Arbus," Jeu de Paume, Paris, October 17, 2011–February 5, 2012; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, March 3–May 27, 2012; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, June 22–September 24, 2012; Fotographiemuseum, Amsterdam, October 25, 2012–January 13, 2013.

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