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Diane Arbus: A Box Of Ten Photographs
Diane Arbus: A Box Of Ten Photographs
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: In May 1971, Artforum bastion of late modernism featured the work of a photographer for the very first time. On its coverand in a six - page spread it published selections from Diane Arbus's portfolio A box of ten photographs. In the words ofthe magazine's editor and photography skeptic Philip Leider The portfolio changed everything one could no longerdeny photography's status as art. At the time of Arbus's death two months later only four of the intended edition offifty had been sold. Two had been purchased from Arbus by Richard Avedon (the first for himself the second as a gift forhis friend Mike Nichols); another was purchased by Jasper Johns; and a fourth by Bea Feitler art director at Harper's Bazaar. Arbus signed the prints in all four sets; each print was accompanied by an interleaving vellum slip - sheet inscribedwith an extended caption. For Feitler Arbus added an eleventh photograph A woman with her baby monkey N. J. 1971. Acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington DC in 1986 and the only one of the four completedand sold by Arbus that is publicly held that portfolio was the subject of an exhibition on view in 2018. This exceptional book replicates the nature of Diane Arbus's original and now legendaryobject. Smithsonian curator John P. Jacob who has unearthed a trove of new information in preparing the book and exhibition weaves a fascinating tale of the creation production and continuing repercussions of this seminal work. Published by Aperture in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington DC.
Title: Diane Arbus: A Box Of Ten Photographs
Brand: Aperture
Barcode: 9781597114394
Pages: 108 Pages, Illustrated In Black And White Throughout
Publication Date: 4/15/2018
Category: Photographs: Portraits
Description: In May 1971, Artforum bastion of late modernism featured the work of a photographer for the very first time. On its coverand in a six - page spread it published selections from Diane Arbus's portfolio A box of ten photographs. In the words ofthe magazine's editor and photography skeptic Philip Leider The portfolio changed everything one could no longerdeny photography's status as art. At the time of Arbus's death two months later only four of the intended edition offifty had been sold. Two had been purchased from Arbus by Richard Avedon (the first for himself the second as a gift forhis friend Mike Nichols); another was purchased by Jasper Johns; and a fourth by Bea Feitler art director at Harper's Bazaar. Arbus signed the prints in all four sets; each print was accompanied by an interleaving vellum slip - sheet inscribedwith an extended caption. For Feitler Arbus added an eleventh photograph A woman with her baby monkey N. J. 1971. Acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington DC in 1986 and the only one of the four completedand sold by Arbus that is publicly held that portfolio was the subject of an exhibition on view in 2018. This exceptional book replicates the nature of Diane Arbus's original and now legendaryobject. Smithsonian curator John P. Jacob who has unearthed a trove of new information in preparing the book and exhibition weaves a fascinating tale of the creation production and continuing repercussions of this seminal work. Published by Aperture in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington DC.
Title: Diane Arbus: A Box Of Ten Photographs
Brand: Aperture
Barcode: 9781597114394
Pages: 108 Pages, Illustrated In Black And White Throughout
Publication Date: 4/15/2018
Category: Photographs: Portraits