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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1972.8
People
Diane Arbus, American (New York, N.Y., USA 1923 - 1971 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Retired man and his wife at home in a nudist camp one morning in N.J. 1963. On the television set are framed photographs of each other.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: A Box of Ten Photographs, 1970
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1963
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New Jersey
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286130

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 50.5 x 40.8 cm (19 7/8 x 16 1/16 in.)
image: 36.3 x 37.5 cm (14 5/16 x 14 3/4 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
P1972.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Masterful Points of View, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1979 - 05/30/1979
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/12/2010 - 01/15/2011
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 04/23/2015
  • Adam and Eve, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019

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