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Transvestite at a drag ball, N.Y.C. 1970

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© The Estate of Diane Arbus

Transvestite at a drag ball, N.Y.C. 1970
Image Not Available for Transvestite at a drag ball, N.Y.C. 1970
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Transvestite at a drag ball, N.Y.C. 1970
Date1970, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/8 × 14 1/2 in. (36.5 × 36.8 cm)
 Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2004.2099
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped on verso with handwritten additions in ink, upper right: "A Diane Arbus photograph 6/75 / title TRANSVESTITE AT A DRAG BALL, NYC / 1970 / print by NEIL SELKIRK (PRINTER'S PROOF) / Doon Arbus"

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

Stamped on verso upper center: "Copyright © 1970 / The Estate of Diane Arbus"

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