A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N.Y.C. 1966

1966

Diane Arbus

Artist, American, 1923 - 1971

This nearly square black and white photograph shows the head and shoulders of a person in front of a plain wall. Wearing a dark V-necked shirt, the person has an oval-shaped face and dark hair rolled in curlers. Finely plucked dark eyebrows frame large, luminous dark eyes, and the full lips are slightly open. A lit cigarette is held aloft in the person’s long-nailed left hand, on our right. Light comes from the left and deepens into shadow across the right half of the photograph.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.6 x 39.1 cm (16 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 45 x 40.5 cm (17 11/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.78.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert Miller Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1972

  • Diane Arbus. Millerton, New York, 2.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: DIANE ARBUS; lower left: for Bea....; on verso, upper left stamped in black ink: All Rights Reserved This image may not be reproduced in any / way whatsoever without written permission / from The Estate of Diane Arbus; upper center: copyright c 1972 The Estate of Diane Arbus; upper right: a diane arbus print / doon arbus administrator; upper right: #4642-1-05-1620 / Doon Arbus...

Wikidata ID

Q64146591

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