Artist Index: Arbus, Diane

Arbus, Diane. Portfolio. 4 Bl. Mit 12 Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien. 40,6 x 30,5 cm. Schwarz OKart.-Mappe mit mont. Titel und Fotografie. Mailand, Electa Editrice, 1979.
Erste Ausgabe. Erschien in limitierter Auflage anlässlich der Venezia '79 - La Fotografia, gemeinsam mit dem International Center of Photography, New York. Arbus' "gallery of alienated characters presents a parody of the American way of life, in a corrosive contrast to the optimistic advertising campaigns of the time" (Vorwort). – Frisches Exemplar.

"Woman carrying a child in Central Park, N.Y.C.". 1956/printed 1986 by Neil Selkirk. Gelatin silver print on Agfa-paper. 16,7 x 24,9 cm (27,7 x 35,5 cm). Edition stamp, therein signed, titled and editioned 4/75 by Doon Arbus in ink, copyright stamp and reproduction limitation stamp on the verso. Matted.

A rich tonal print in excellent condition.

Provenance: From Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco to the current owner.

Lit.: Doon Arbus/Elisabeth Sussman. Diane Arbus. Revelations. New York 2003, ill. p. 230.