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diane arbus: in the beginning (main gallery)
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Girl in profile looking up, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 11.8 x 19.3 cm (4 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Kiss from "Baby Doll," N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.7 × 22.8 cm (6 3/16 in. × 9 in.) Collection of John Cheim, New York
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Lady in front of a portrait, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 14.3 x 21.8 cm (5 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Mannequin in evening gown, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 16.5 x 13.9 cm (6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Taxicab driver at the wheel with two passengers, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.7 x 22.4 cm (6 3/16 x 8 13/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Windblown headline on a dark pavement, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.2 x 22.3 cm (6 x 8 3/4 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Woman carrying a child in Central Park, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 16.9 × 25.1 cm (6 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.) Private Collection, San Francisco
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Woman in a black hat with a pearl choker, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.7 x 16.9 cm (9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Woman on the street with her eyes closed, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 13.6 x 17.1 cm (5 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Woman with white gloves and a pocket book, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 25.1 × 16.5 cm (9 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.) Collection of Jennifer and Philip Maritz
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Barbershop interior through a glass door, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.7 x 14.3 cm (8 9/16 x 5 5/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Bedroom in a store window, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 14.5 x 21.6 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Boy above a crowd, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 15 × 22.4 cm (5 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.) Collection of Roger Mooney and Donald Steele
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Clown in a fedora, Palisades Park, N.J. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 20 x 12.9 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Empty snack bar, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.1 x 22.6 cm (5 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Fire Eater at a carnival, Palisades Park, N.J. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 19.5 x 13.1 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.) Gift of Danielle and David Ganek, 2005
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Girl with a pointy hood and white schoolbag at the curb, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 13.5 x 20.7 cm (5 5/16 x 8 1/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Girl with schoolbooks stepping onto the curb, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.6 x 14.6 cm (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Kid in a hooded jacket aiming a gun, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.6 x 14.7 cm (8 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Kid in black face, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.8 x 14.7 cm (9 x 5 13/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Lady on a bus, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.6 × 14.6 cm (8 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.) Gift of Danielle and David Ganek, 2005
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Man holding a sleeping child, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.2 x 12.5 cm (8 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Mood meter machine, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 19.3 x 12.5 cm (7 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Puddle on the sidewalk, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 14.5 x 21.8 cm (5 11/16 x 8 9/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Sunny South Syncopaters and other sideshow banners at night, Palisades Park, N.J. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 15 x 21.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Trapeze act, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 20.3 x 13.7 cm (8 x 5 3/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Woman with a crescent rhinestone brooch, N.Y.C. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.5 x 14.9 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Young man with a paper bag at night, Coney Island, N.Y. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.7 x 15.5 cm (8 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Blurry woman gazing up smiling, N.Y.C. 1957–58 Gelatin silver print Image: 23.1 x 15.6 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Boy stepping off the curb, N.Y.C. 1957–58 Gelatin silver print Image: 25.4 × 17.4 cm (10 in. × 6 7/8 in.) Collection of Jeffrey Fraenkel and Alan Mark
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) 42nd Street movie theater audience, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 16.8 × 25.4 cm (6 5/8 in. × 10 in.) Collection of Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) A Dominant Picture 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.2 × 22.6 cm (6 in. × 8 7/8 in.) Collection of Jeffrey Fraenkel and Alan Mark Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Audience with projection booth, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 16.8 × 25.3 cm (6 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.) Private collection
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Bela Lugosi as Dracula on television 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 16 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Blonde on screen about to be kissed 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.1 x 22.5 cm (5 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Little man biting woman's breast, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.3 x 14.9 cm (8 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Man on screen being choked 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.9 x 24 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Man yelling in Times Square, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 25.5 x 14 cm (10 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Mighty Mouse western cartoon 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 16.9 x 25.2 cm (6 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Old couple on a park bench, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 14.9 x 22.2 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Old woman in a hospital bed, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 20.7 x 14.4 cm (8 1/8 x 5 11/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Two Cha-Cha dancers performing for an audience, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 14.9 x 21.3 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Woman in white fur with a cigarette, Mulberry Street, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.4 x 15.3 cm (8 13/16 x 6 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Wrestlers in the ring, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 14.8 x 21.9 cm (5 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Contortionist Lydia Suarez performing for an audience, Hubert’s Museum, N.Y.C. 1958 Gelatin silver print Image: 16.2 × 23.8 cm (6 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.) Purchase, Jade Lau Gift, 2015
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Andy "Potato Chips" Ratoucheff doing his Maurice Chevalier impersonation, Hubert's Museum, N.Y.C. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.6 x 15 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Corpse with receding hairline and a toe tag, N.Y.C. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.2 x 16 cm (9 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Elderly woman whispering to her dinner partner, Grand Opera Ball, N.Y.C. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.2 x 14.7 cm (8 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Female impersonator holding long gloves, Hempstead, L.I. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.8 × 14.9 cm (9 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.) Purchase, Joyce F. Menschel Gift, 2015 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) James Dean in the wax museum, Coney Island, N.Y. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.9 x 15.1 cm (8 5/8 x 5 15/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Miss Makrina, a Russian midget, in her kitchen, N.Y.C. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.6 × 14 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) Purchase, Jade Lau Gift, 2015
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Miss Marian Seymour dancing with Baron Theo Von Roth at the Grand Opera Ball, N.Y.C. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.1 x 14.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Wax museum axe murderer, Coney Island, N.Y. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.4 x 16.2 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Lady in the shower, Coney Island, N.Y. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.2 × 23.2 cm (6 in. × 9 1/8 in.) Purchase, Jade Lau Gift, 2015 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Seated female impersonator in an open kimono, Hempstead, L.I. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.5 × 14.3 cm (8 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.) Purchase, Jade Lau Gift, 2015
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Female impersonator putting on lipstick, Hempstead, L.I. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.5 × 15.2 cm (8 7/8 in. × 6 in.) Purchase, Joyce F. Menschel Gift, 2015
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Boy at a pool hall, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.6 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Boy in a cap at a dance, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.8 × 14.9 cm (9 in. × 5 7/8 in.) Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Child teasing another, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.8 × 15.5 cm (9 in. × 6 1/8 in.) Private Collection, San Francisco Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Contestant in a physique contest, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 20.3 x 14.5 cm (8 x 5 11/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Couple arguing, Coney Island, N.Y. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.8 × 14.3 cm (8 9/16 × 5 5/8 in.) Collection of Thomas H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum, New York
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Dead pigs hanging, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.6 x 15 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Girl in her circus costume backstage, Palisades Park, N.J. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.8 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 1/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Girl with a white handbag, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.6 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Headstone for "Killer" at Bide A Wee Cemetery, Wantagh, N.Y. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.6 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Hezekiah Trambles, "The Jungle Creep," on stage at Hubert's Museum, N.Y.C 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.2 x 15.1 cm (8 3/4 x 5 15/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Man at the Municipal Shelter, holding up a dollar bill, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 23.1 x 15.9 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Man in hat, trunks, socks and shoes, Coney Island, N.Y. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 23 x 14.5 cm (9 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Norma and Gallo, members of a Brooklyn teen gang, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.6 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Old woman with hands raised in the ocean, Coney Island, N.Y. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.1 x 22.7 cm (5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Patti, a resident of the New Holland Hotel seated on her bed, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.8 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 1/8 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Seated female impersonator with arms crossed on her bare chest, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 20.3 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 in.) Promised Gift of Andrea Krantz and Harvey Sawikin
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Siamese twins in a carnival tent, N.J. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.6 × 23.1 cm (6 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.) Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1987
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) The Madman from Massachusetts in an empty bar, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.7 x 14.9 cm (8 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) The Man Who Swallows Razor Blades, Hagerstown, Md. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 23.2 × 14.8 cm (9 1/8 × 5 13/16 in.) Purchase, Joyce Frank Menschel, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, Elizabeth S. and Robert J. Fisher, Charlotte and Bill Ford, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust and Hazen Polsky Foundation Inc., Jennifer and Joseph Duke, Jennifer and Philip Maritz, Saundra B. Lane, The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation and Pamela and Arthur Sanders, Anonymous, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation Gifts, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Clouds on screen at a drive-in movie, N.J. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 15.9 × 24.1 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.) Collection of Kathy and Steve Kloves
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Five members of The Monster Fan Club, N.Y.C. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.5 x 14.7 cm (8 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Headless woman, Palisades Park, N.J. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.9 × 15.3 cm (8 5/8 in. × 6 in.) Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1998
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Jack Dracula at a bar, New London, Conn. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.8 x 16.9 cm (9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Miss Stormé de Larverie, the Lady Who Appears to be a Gentleman, N.Y.C. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 25.1 x 17.2 cm (9 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Screaming woman with blood on her hands 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 18 × 26.6 cm (7 1/16 × 10 1/2 in.) Purchase, The Buhl Foundation Inc. Gift, 1996
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Stripper with bare breasts sitting in her dressing room, Atlantic City, N.J. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.1 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.) Purchase, Jade Lau Gift, 2015
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) The Backwards Man in his hotel room, N.Y.C. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 25.2 x 18 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Purchase, Joyce Frank Menschel, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, Elizabeth S. and Robert J. Fisher, Charlotte and Bill Ford, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust and Hazen Polsky Foundation Inc., Jennifer and Joseph Duke, Jennifer and Philip Maritz, Saundra B. Lane, The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation and Pamela and Arthur Sanders, Anonymous, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation Gifts, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) The Human Pincushion, Ronald C. Harrison, N.J. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 25.4 × 17.1 cm (10 in. × 6 3/4 in.) Collection of Joyce F. Menschel Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Two girls by a brick wall, N.Y.C. 1961 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.9 x 15.6 cm (9 x 6 1/8 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) A castle in Disneyland, Cal. 1962 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.2 × 23.9 cm (9 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.) Purchase, Joyce Frank Menschel, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, Elizabeth S. and Robert J. Fisher, Charlotte and Bill Ford, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust and Hazen Polsky Foundation Inc., Jennifer and Joseph Duke, Jennifer and Philip Maritz, Saundra B. Lane, The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation and Pamela and Arthur Sanders, Anonymous, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation Gifts, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Blonde receptionist behind a picture window, N.Y.C. 1962 Gelatin silver print Image: 20.6 x 19.7 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C. 1962 Gelatin silver print Image: 39.5 x 38.3 cm (15 9/16 x 15 1/16 in.) Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2001
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Girl and governess with baby carriage, N.Y.C. 1962 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.3 x 20.7 cm (8 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Rocks on wheels, Disneyland, Cal. 1962 Gelatin silver print Image: 16 × 24.1 cm (6 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.) Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Tall partygoer in a taffeta dress, N.Y.C. 1962 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.3 x 20.7 cm (8 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Xmas tree in a living room in Levittown, L.I. 1962 Gelatin silver print Image: 37.1 × 37.9 cm (14 5/8 × 14 15/16 in.) Purchase, Dorothy M. Beskind Gift, 1969
Unknown Diane Arbus in a Photograph Studio, Coney Island, New York, ca. 1957 Gelatin silver print Image: 7.9 × 5.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.) Purchase, Anonymous, Joyce F. Menschel and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation Gifts, 2016 Gallery: Predecessors and Contemporaries
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Man with a curious baby on the subway, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.8 x 14.4 cm (9 x 5 11/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Movie theater usher standing by the box office, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 24.9 × 17.1 cm (9 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.) Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Santa Claus on the street with a lady passing, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 21.4 x 14.8 cm (8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Woman in a mink stole and bow shoes, N.Y.C. 1956 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.) Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Blonde female impersonator standing by a dressing table, Hempstead, L.I. 1959 Gelatin silver print Image: 23 × 15.1 cm (9 1/16 × 5 15/16 in.) Promised Gift of Andrea Krantz and Harvey Sawikin Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Uncle Sam leaning on a cot at home, N.Y.C. 1960 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.4 x 14.7 cm (8 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975) Subway Passengers, New York City, 1938 Gelatin silver print Image: 13.8 x 20.5 cm (5 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.) Gift of Arnold H. Crane, 1971
Louis Faurer (American, 1916–2001) New York, N.Y., 1946 Gelatin silver print Image: 23.1 x 31.6 cm (9 1/16 x 12 7/16 in.) Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1987
Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924–2024) Rodeo, New York City, 1955 Gelatin silver print Image: 33.0 x 23.0 cm (13 x 9 1/16 in.) Gift of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz, 1992
Lee Friedlander (American, 1934–1934) Shadow, New York City, 1966 Gelatin silver print Image: 16.0 x 24.1 cm. (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1990
Sid Grossman (American, 1913–1955) Pedestrians in Front of Pasticceria on Mulberry Street, New York, ca. 1947 Gelatin silver print Image: 22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.) Gift of Simon and Bonnie Levin, 2010 William Klein (American, 1928–2028) Christmas Shopping, Macy's, New York, 1954 Gelatin silver print Image: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.) Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1989
Leon Levinstein (American, 1910–1988) Man, Mills Hotel, 1951 Gelatin silver print Image: 34.8 x 28.2 cm (13 11/16 x 11 1/8 in.) Gift of Gary Davis, 2009
Helen Levitt (American, 1913–2009) New York, ca. 1940 Gelatin silver print Image: 29.9 x 20.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 in.) Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, and Gift of William and Mimi Levitt, by exchange, 1996
Lisette Model (American, born Austria, 1901–1983) Coney Island Bather, New York, ca. 1939 Gelatin silver print Image: 38.7 × 48.9 cm (15 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. ) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
August Sander (German, 1876–1964) Der Maler Anton Räderscheidt, 1927 Gelatin silver print Image: 30.3 x 23.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 3/8 in.) Warner Communications Inc. Purchase Fund, 1979 Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984) El Morocco, New York, 1955 Gelatin silver print Image: 23.5 x 33.7 cm (9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.) Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, 1992 Gallery: A box of ten photographs
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Retired man and his wife at home in a nudist camp one morning, N.J. 1963 Gelatin silver print Image: 39.9 × 37.9 cm (15 11/16 × 14 15/16 in.) Purchase, Joyce Frank Menschel, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, Elizabeth S. and Robert J. Fisher, Charlotte and Bill Ford, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust and Hazen Polsky Foundation Inc., Jennifer and Joseph Duke, Jennifer and Philip Maritz, Saundra B. Lane, The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation and Pamela and Arthur Sanders, Anonymous, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation Gifts, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C. 1966 Gelatin silver print Image: 38.4 x 37 cm (15 1/8 x 14 9/16 in.) Gift of Danielle and David Ganek, 2005
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C. 1966 Gelatin silver print Image: 39.2 x 36.7 cm (15 7/16 x 14 7/16 in.) Gift of Danielle and David Ganek, 2005
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Identical twins, Roselle, N.J. 1966 Gelatin silver print Image: 37.7 x 37 cm (14 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.) Purchase, Dorothy M. Beskind Gift, 1969
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, N.Y.C. 1967 Gelatin silver print Image: 50.8 x 40.8 cm (20 x 16 1/16 in.) Gift of Maxime de la Falaise, 1974 Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) A family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. 1968 Gelatin silver print Image: 41 x 39.4 cm (16 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.) Gift of Danielle and David Ganek, 2005
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y. 1970 Gelatin silver print Image: 38.6 x 38.4 cm (15 3/16 x 15 1/8 in.) Gift of Danielle and David Ganek, 2005
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Mexican dwarf in his hotel room in N.Y.C. 1970 Gelatin silver print Image: 38 × 36.3 cm (14 15/16 × 14 5/16 in.) Purchase, Joyce Frank Menschel, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, Elizabeth S. and Robert J. Fisher, Charlotte and Bill Ford, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust and Hazen Polsky Foundation Inc., Jennifer and Joseph Duke, Jennifer and Philip Maritz, Saundra B. Lane, The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation and Pamela and Arthur Sanders, Anonymous, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation Gifts, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) The King and Queen of a Senior Citizens Dance, N.Y.C. 1970 Gelatin silver print Image: 37.3 × 37.2 cm (14 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.) Purchase, Joyce Frank Menschel, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, Diana Barrett and Robert Vila, Elizabeth S. and Robert J. Fisher, Charlotte and Bill Ford, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust and Hazen Polsky Foundation Inc., Jennifer and Joseph Duke, Jennifer and Philip Maritz, Saundra B. Lane, The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation and Pamela and Arthur Sanders, Anonymous, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation Gifts, 2007
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) Title Sheet for the Portfolio "A box of ten photographs," 1970–71 Ink on paper in original acrylic portfolio box Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007 diane arbus: in the beginning (wall case)
E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc. Photo Products Department (Wilmington, Delaware) Annotated Photographic Paper Box: Contact Sheet Box 1, #1– #200 Paperboard box 14 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (37.5 × 29.8 × 9.5 cm) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc. Photo Products Department (Wilmington, Delaware) Annotated Photographic Paper Box: Contact Sheet Box 2, #201– #399 Paperboard box 14 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (37.5 × 29.8 × 9.5 cm) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc. Photo Products Department (Wilmington, Delaware) Annotated Photographic Paper Box: Contact Sheet Box 3, #401 – #599 Paperboard box 14 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (37.5 × 29.8 × 9.5 cm) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007
E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc. Photo Products Department (Wilmington, Delaware) Annotated Photographic Paper Box: Contact Sheet Box 4, #600–#709 Paperboard box 14 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (37.5 × 29.8 × 9.5 cm) Promised Gift of Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus, 2007