Object number1974.21.10

Mexican dwarf in his hotel room, N.Y.C.

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio A Box of Ten Photographs

Date1970

Artist Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print, printed early 1970s

DimensionsSheet: 19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in. (50 x 40 cm)
Image: 15 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (38.7 x 37.5 cm)
Matted: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Louise Woodruff Johnston, class of 1922, Fund

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by Doon Arbus, Executor, upper left corner in ink within portfolio stamp: 16/50; upper right corner in ink within stamp: MEXICAN DWARF IN HIS HOTEL ROOM / IN N.Y.C. 1970 / NEIL SELKIRK / Doon Arbus; by unidentified hand, upper left corner in pencil [upside down]: 27 [circled] 14 [circled] / 26 secs [?] 11 / 2 mins 20 secs / 12 oz D[?] in 2 [?] / -2

MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper left corner: This print is part of a limited edition portfolio of / ten Diane Arbus photographs.; stamped upper center: Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus.; stamped upper right corner: title / date / print by

BibliographyArbus, Diane, John P Jacob, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. A Box of Ten Photographs. New York: Aperture Foundation in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2018, pp. 19-22, 104; Arbus, Diane, Israel Marvin, and Doon Arbus. diane arbus . 25th anniversary ed. New York: Aperture Foundation, 1997, n.p.; Arbus, Diane, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Diane Arbus: Revelations. 1st ed. New York: Random House, 2003, pp. 66, 152 DescriptionPrinted on Agfa paper. A smiling man sits on a bed wearing a hat, a towel covers his lap and he rests his left arm on a nightstand where a bottle of alcohol sits.

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