Diane Arbus
Transvestite At Her Birthday Party, NYC

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Transvestite At Her Birthday Party, NYC
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ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Transvestite At Her Birthday Party, NYC
Date1969, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (37.1 × 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2004.2100
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"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 on verso with handwritten additions in ink, upper right: "A Diane Arbus photograph 13/75 / title TRANSVESTITE AT HER BIRTHDAY / PARTY, NYC 1969 / print by NEIL SELKIRK / Doon Arbus"

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

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