Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in pro-war parade, N.Y.C.

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio A Box of Ten Photographs

Date1967

Artist Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print, printed early 1970s

DimensionsImage: 14 9/16 x 14 9/16 in. (37 x 37 cm)
Sheet: 19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in. (50 x 40 cm)
Matted: 28 1/4 x 22 in. (71.8 x 55.9 cm)

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

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by Doon Arbus, Executor, upper left corner in ink: 16/50; upper right corner in ink within stamp: BOY WITH A STRAW HAT WAITING TO MARCH / IN A PRO-WAR PARADE, N.Y.C. 1967 / NEIL SELKIRK / Doon Arbus; by unidentified hand, lower left corner in pencil: VC 74.21.3; lower right corner in pencil [upside down]: 7 [circled] / 14

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: 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. 31-34, 75, 105; 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. 87, 188

Vassar Exhibitions

The Friends Focus: On Photography

Naked City: Photographs from Vassar College's Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Exhibition HistoryThe Friends Focus: On Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, December 7, 1989 - February 11, 1990;

Naked City: Photographs from the Vassar College Collection, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, November 18, 2010 - January 22, 2011

DescriptionPrinted on Agfa paper. A chest-length portrait of a boy in a suit with 'BOMB HANOI' and 'GOD BLESS AMERICA / SUPPORT / OUR / BOYS / IN / VIET NAM' buttons, a bow tie and straw hat, holds an American flag on a stick and stands in front of a stone façade.

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