Couple arguing, Coney Island, N.Y. 1960

1960, printed later

Diane Arbus

Associated Names
Diane Arbus

Artist, American, 1923 - 1971

The image shows two individuals walking down a street. The man is on the right while the woman is on the left. The man has short hair and a mustache, wearing a button-up shirt with short sleeves and holding a cigarette. The woman has short, curly hair and wears a white blouse with a tie and a dark skirt. She carries a handbag and wears a bracelet on her wrist. The background is blurred, showing a building and a street that narrows into the distance with a slightly misty atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.7 × 13.4 cm (7 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.146.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie’s, New York, 18 October 2007, lot 375); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, top left Doon Arbus copyright stamp in black ink; top right stamped in black ink: A Diane Arbus photograph / title [by Doon Arbus in black ink: Couple Arguing, Coney Island, / N.Y. 1960] / print by [by Doon Arbus in black ink: Neil Selkirk / Doon Arbus]

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