Diane Arbus Untitled (8)

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer
Diane Arbus
1923 - 1971
Untitled (8)

gelatin silver print, the 'A Diane Arbus photograph' stamp, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '37/75' by Doon Arbus, the photographer's daughter, in ink and with reproduction rights and copyright stamps, dated '1980', on the reverse, framed, a Fraenkel Gallery label on the reverse
image: 14½ by 14⅝ in. (36.8 by 37.1 cm.)
frame: 23 by 23¼ in. (58.4 by 59.1 cm.)
Executed in 1970-71, printed posthumously by Neil Selkirk.

Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com

Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.

This print, on Agfa paper, is in generally excellent condition. Visible under raking light are two short vertical scratches and an adjacent pinpoint-sized impression in the lower right quadrant, none of which appear to break the emulsion.

On the reverse, the following is written in pencil in an unidentified hand: '42,' 'RMG#A9110.060-0,' and 'DA.0626.Z.'

Provenance:
Estate of the artist

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner