Object number1974.21.9
The King and Queen of a Senior Citizens' Dance, 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 x 14 1/2 in. (38.1 x 36.8 cm)
Matted: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Image: 15 x 14 1/2 in. (38.1 x 36.8 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: THE KING AND QUEEN OF A SENIOR CITIZENS / DANCE, N.Y.C. 1970 / NEIL SELKIRK / Doon Arbus; by unidentified hand, upper left corner in pencil [upside down]: 43 [circled] / 22 Se[?] / 1.45 / 28 [circled, right side up]; lower left corner in pencil: 15"X17" / VC 74.21.9
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. 35-38, 105; Arbus, Diane, Israel Marvin, and Doon Arbus. diane arbus . 25th anniversary ed. New York: Aperture Foundation, 1997, n.p.; Arbus, Diane, Thomas W Southall, and Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. Magazine Work. Edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1984, p. 146; Arbus, Diane, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Diane Arbus : Revelations. 1st ed. New York: Random House, 2003, p. 247
DescriptionPrinted on Agfa paper. A full-length portrait of an elderly woman and man seated next to one another wearing everyday clothing topped with mantle and crown, each holding a package and scepter.
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