Diane Arbus
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Object Details
- Date
- 1970
- Artist
- Stephen A. Frank, born 26 Apr 1947
- Sitter
- Diane Arbus, 14 Jul 1923 - 26 Jul 1971
- Exhibition Label
- “That’s just a kid with a hand grenade,” photographer Diane Arbus quipped, as she faced a group of magazine editors at a 1970 presentation in New York City. Arbus, who during her short life created incisive and evocative artworks, may have uttered similar words at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) that same year.
- Stephen Frank took this photograph of Arbus when she was at RISD, delivering a lecture for students of Harry Callahan, another influential photographer. As Frank remembers, Arbus “talked fast, breathlessly, as if there was not enough time to get it all out.” Her intensity comes through in this image, which has become one of the most widely circulated portraits of the artist.
- “Es simplemente un niño con una granada en la mano”, bromeó la fotógrafa Diane Arbus ante un grupo de editores de revistas en una conferencia en Nueva York en 1970. Arbus, quien durante su corta vida produjo un arte incisivo y evocador, debe haber dicho cosas parecidas a los estudiantes de la Escuela de Diseño de Rhode Island (RISD), durante otra conferencia ese mismo año.
- Stephen Frank capturó este retrato de Arbus cuando ella estaba en RISD ofreciendo una conferencia a los estudiantes del fotógrafo Henry Callahan. Frank recuerda que Arbus “hablaba rápido, sin respiro, como si no hubiera tiempo para todo lo que tenía que decir”. Su intensidad se refleja en esta foto, uno de sus retratos más divulgados.
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry\Earring
- Interior
- Artwork\Photograph
- Diane Arbus: Female
- Diane Arbus: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer
- Portrait
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Object number
- NPG.85.41
- Type
- Photograph
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 16 × 23.3 cm (6 5/16 × 9 3/16")
- Sheet: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 9 15/16")
- Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18")
- Metadata Usage
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.85.41