Object number1974.21.6
Xmas tree in a living room, Levittown, L.I.
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio A Box of Ten Photographs
Date1962
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: 14 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (37.1 x 36.5 cm)
Matted: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Image: 14 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (37.1 x 36.5 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 viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by Doon Arbus, Executor, upper left corner in ink within portfolio stamp: 16/50; upper right corner in ink within stamp: XMAS TREE IN A LIVING ROOM IN / LEVITTOWN, L.I. 1963 / NEIL SELKIRK / Doon Arbus; by unidentified hand, lower left corner in pencil [upside down]: 3 [circled and scribbled out] / 13 Se[?] / + 2 Se[?] / each / corner / 1 3/4; lower left corner in pencil: VC 74.21.6
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
Copyright© The Estate of Diane Arbus
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. 23-26, 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. 92-93; Rosenheim, Jeff and Karan Rinaldo. diane arbus: in the beginning, 1956-1962. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016, pp. 199, 247 DescriptionPrinted on Agfa paper. An interior shot of a living room with a couch, clock, mirror, lamp, TV, small table and a Christmas tree in the corner covered in tinsel with presents below.
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