Diane Arbus
Elderly Couple on a Park Bench, NYC

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Elderly Couple on a Park Bench, NYC
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ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Elderly Couple on a Park Bench, NYC
Date1969, printed later
Place formerly known asNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (36.8 × 37.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2011.983
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"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.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso, upper left corner: "Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus"

Inscribed in black ink, verso, upper right corner: "14/75"

Stamped in black, verso, upper right corner: "A Diane Arbus photograph / title ELDERLY COUPLE ON A PARK / BENCH, NYC 1969 [inscribed in black ink] / print by NEIL SELKIRK [inscribed in black ink] / Doon Arbus [signed in black ink]"

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Diane Arbus
1963, printed later
Gelatin silver print
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1968, printed later
Gelatin silver print
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