Lot 165
  • 165

Diane Arbus (1923-1971)/Neil Selkirk (b. 1947)

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Diane Arbus (1923-1971)/Neil Selkirk (B. 1947)
  • 'RUSSIAN MIDGET FRIENDS IN A LIVING ROOM ON 100TH STREET, N.Y.C.'
signed, titled, dated, and editioned '26/75' by the photographer's daughter, Doon Arbus, in ink, and stamped on the reverse, framed, 1963, printed later by Neil Selkirk (MoMA, unpaginated; Revelations, pp. 100-01)

Provenance

Acquired from Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1978-79

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. A 5-inch diagonal surface scuff, extending into the image from the lower right corner, is only visible in raking light. Also visible in raking light are 2 small circular deposits of transparent glass offsettng above the mirror on the image. On the reverse, the print is annotated '12902' and '7-45' in an unidentified hand in pencil. A Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, label is on the reverse of the frame.
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