Diane Arbus
Transvestite on a Couch, NYC

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Transvestite on a Couch, NYC
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ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Transvestite on a Couch, NYC
Date1966, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2004.2101
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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 8/75 / title TRANSVESTITE ON A COUCH, / NYC 1966 / 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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