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A woman passing on the street, N.Y.C. 1971

Image Not Available for A woman passing on the street, N.Y.C. 1971

© The Estate of Diane Arbus

A woman passing on the street, N.Y.C. 1971
Image Not Available for A woman passing on the street, N.Y.C. 1971
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A woman passing on the street, N.Y.C. 1971
Date1971, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (36.8 × 31.1 cm)
 Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.3 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2006.1148
Not on view

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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, 2006.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to "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.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on verso upper right with additional ink inscriptions: "A Diane Arbus photograph 11/75 / title A WOMAN PASSING ON THE STREET, / N. Y. C. 1971 / print by NEIL SELKIRK / Doon Arbus"

Printed on verso upper left: "Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus."

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