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Woman and her son, N.Y.C. 1965

Image non disponible pour Woman and her son, N.Y.C. 1965

© The Estate of Diane Arbus

Woman and her son, N.Y.C. 1965
Image non disponible pour Woman and her son, N.Y.C. 1965
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Woman and her son, N.Y.C. 1965
Date1965, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (36.8 × 36.8 cm)
 Overall: 50 1/2 × 40 11/16in. (128.3 × 103.4cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2005.1459
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"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.
"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
Marked in ink on verso upper right: "Doon Arbus"
Stamped in ink on verso upper left: "Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus."

Stamped in ink on verso upper right with handwritten additions in ink:
"A Diane Arbus photograph 2/75 /
title WOMAN AND HER SON, / NYC 1965 /
print by NEIL SELKIRK / [signature]"

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