Diane Arbus

signed, dated, and numbered by the photographer's daughter, Doon Arbus, in ink, and with the 'A Diane Arbus print, Doon Arbus administrator,' and Arbus Estate copyright and reproduction rights stamps on the reverse, matted, framed, a Robert Miller Gallery, New York, label on the reverse, 1968; accompanied by a typed letter of authentication signed by Doon Arbus, 1994

Acquired by the present owner from Robert Miller Gallery, New York, circa 1997 

Other prints of this image:

Diane Arbus (Aperture, 1972, in conjunction with the exhibition originating at The Museum of Modern Art, New York), unpaginated

Diane Arbus: Revelations (New York, 2003, in conjunction with the exhibition originating at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), pp. 240-41

This early print, with negative borders at the top and bottom of the print, is in generally very good condition. There is rippling at each of the edges, typical of Arbus's prints, and there is a fold at the right margin edge that likely occurred during processing. There are very pale handling marks in the left and lower right corner margins. Visible in raking light are a small crescent-shaped sharp handling crease and an 8-inch scratch on the print's surface, neither of which breaks the emulsion. On the reverse of the print, there are rust-colored pinpoint deposits of indeterminate nature scattered near the lower edge. These do not affect the image.
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