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Young man in a trench coat, N.Y.C. 1971

Image non disponible pour Young man in a trench coat, N.Y.C. 1971

© The Estate of Diane Arbus

Young man in a trench coat, N.Y.C. 1971
Image non disponible pour Young man in a trench coat, N.Y.C. 1971
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Young man in a trench coat, N.Y.C. 1971
Date1971, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/16 × 12 3/8 in. (38.3 × 31.4 cm)
 Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2012.504
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Diane Arbus made portraits of people living in and around New York City, developing a recognizably blunt style in which she closely scrutinized her subjects while maintaining a personal distance. Although best known for photographing those on the margins of society (nudists, muscle men, circus sideshow performers, and the mentally infirm), she also photographed adolescents on the streets, middle-class families, and the social elite. Through picturing such a wide range of people, Arbus rendered the seemingly strange common and familiar.


ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History"Diane Arbus: Unseen Images," Exposure Gallery, Tokyo, November 13–December 20, 1992; Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, December 30, 1992–January 17, 1993.

"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 ink with black ink inscriptions, verso, top right: A Diane Arbus photograph 8/75 // title YOUNG MAN IN A TRENCH COAT, // NYC 1971 // print by NEIL SELKIRK // Doon Arbus [signed]

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