Unseen Work of Diane Arbus
Unseen Work of Diane Arbus
October 22, 2016
Lady on a bus, N.Y.C. 1957
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This landmark exhibition features more than 100 photographs that together redefine Diane Arbus (1923–1971), one of the most influential and provocative artists of the 20th century. It focuses on the first seven years of her career, from 1956 to 1962, the period in which she developed the idiosyncratic style and approach for which she has been recognized praised, criticized, and copied the world over.
Arbus made most of her photographs in New York City, where she lived and died, and where she worked in locations such as Times Square, the Lower East Side, and Coney Island. Her photographs of children and eccentrics, couples and circus performers, female impersonators and Fifth Avenue pedestrians are among the most intimate and surprising images of the era.
The majority of the photographs in the exhibition have never before been seen and are part of the Museum's Diane Arbus Archive, acquired in 2007 by gift and promised gift from the artist's daughters, Doon Arbus and Amy Arbus. It was only when the archive came to The Met that this remarkable early work came to be fully explored.
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Lady on a bus, N.Y.C. 1957
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Man in hat, trunks, socks and shoes, Coney Island, N.Y. 1960
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Stripper with bare breasts sitting in her dressing room, Atlantic City, N.J. 1961
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