Diane Arbus
Mexican Dwarf in his Hotel Room in N. Y. C.
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20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Diane Arbus
1923 - 1971
Mexican Dwarf in his Hotel Room in N. Y. C.
signed, titled, dated 1970, and editioned 40/50 by Doon Arbus, the photographer's daughter, in ink and with the portfolio and reproduction rights stamps (on the reverse)
gelatin silver print, a plate from A Box of Ten Photographs (New York, 1970)
14⅞ by 14½ in.
37.8 by 36.8 cm.
Executed in 1970, printed posthumously by Neil Selkirk, this print is number 40 from an edition of 50.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner
'Five Photographs by Diane Arbus,' Artforum, May 1971, p. 68, illustrated
Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel, eds., Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph, New York 1972, unpaginated, illustrated
Sandra Phillips et al., Diane Arbus Revelations, Random House, New York, 2003, p. 66, illustrated
Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, Stare: The Pleasure of the Intensely Familiar and the Strangely Unexpected, December 2010 - March 2011
Fort Lauderdale, NSU Art Museum, Diane Arbus, November 2012 - June 2013