Lot #1657: DIANE ARBUS - A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971).
Title: "A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1965. Printed 1978.
Dimensions: Overall size: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (400 x 295 mm). Image size: 10 1/16 x 9 15/16 in. (256 x 252 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $500/600
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition.
Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this image is $312,000 realized at Christie's, New York, 10/12/2005, lot #70. Arbus’s direct, confrontational approach to photography meant that her subjects did not always like their portraits. After seeing his image the writer Norman Mailer famously said, "giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.” This edition authorized and supervised by Doon Arbus. Image copyright © The Estate of Diane Arbus, LLC. [27159-3-300-NA]