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Midget in bedroom, N.Y.C. 1960

Image Not Available for Midget in bedroom, N.Y.C. 1960

© The Estate of Diane Arbus

Midget in bedroom, N.Y.C. 1960
Image Not Available for Midget in bedroom, N.Y.C. 1960
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Midget in bedroom, N.Y.C. 1960
Date1960, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 5 3/8 in. (20.6 × 13.7 cm)
 Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number99.569
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 1999.
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 on verso:
Upper left: "Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus."

Upper right: "A Diane Arbus photograph ['4/75' inscribed in black ink] / title ['MIDGET IN BEDROOM' inscribed in black ink] / print by ['NEIL SELKIRK' inscribed in black ink] / Doon Arbus [signed in black ink]"

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