Diane Arbus
Child skipping rope at a Puerto Rican Festival, N.Y.C. 1963

Child skipping rope at a Puerto Rican Festival, N.Y.C. 1963

© The Estate of Diane Arbus

Child skipping rope at a Puerto Rican Festival, N.Y.C. 1963
Child skipping rope at a Puerto Rican Festival, N.Y.C. 1963
ArtistAmerican, 1923–1971
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Child skipping rope at a Puerto Rican Festival, N.Y.C. 1963
Date1963, printed later
Place depictedNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 × 12 3/8 in. (38.1 × 31.4 cm)
 Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Gay Block Collection, gift of Gay Block
Object number2009.1645
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGay Block, Santa Fe, New Mexico; given to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"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.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped on verso upper left:
"Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus."

Stamped on verso upper right with additional text in ink:
"A Diane Arbus photograph 6/75 / title CHILD SKIPPING ROPE AT A / PUERTO RICAN FESTIVAL, NYC 1963 / print by NEIL SELKIRK / Doon Arbus (signature)"

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