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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.4
People
Diane Arbus, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1923 - 1971 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
patriotic boy with straw hat, buttons, and flag, waiting to march in a pro-war parade, NYC 1967
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: A Box of Ten Photographs, 1970
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1967
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285730

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.)
image: 38 x 38.2 cm (14 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Doon Arbus, New York, New York, sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Copyright
© The Estate of Diane Arbus, LLC
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
P1972.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Wilmerding, American Art, Penguin Books (New York, 1976), pl. 289
  • James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), 307

Exhibition History

  • Contemporary Photographers I, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/15/1971 - 05/16/1971
  • American Photographs at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2007], Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/2007 - 04/08/2007
  • HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2009], Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/2009 - 05/10/2009
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/23/2015

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