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A young man and his girlfriend with hot dogs in the park, N.Y.C., 1971
1971 · Gelatin silver print, printed by Neil Selkirk
Image: 14 15/16 × 14 7/16" (37.9 × 36.6 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Diane Arbus
1923–1971
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3
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101
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119
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22
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Set in Stone
David Zwirner
2026
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7 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- NationalityManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06 + Wikidata+3· 95%✓
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- BiographyManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06 + Wikipedia+1· 95%✓
- Death yearManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06 + Wikidata+1· 95%✓
- Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Wikidata IdManual Rehabilitation 2026-05-06· 95%✓
- LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
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- ZwirnerTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
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- SothebysTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- David-ZwirnerTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Manual RehabilitationTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
- Paula-CooperTier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%
About
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Diane Arbus made black-and-white photographs of people existing at the edges and the center of American life: carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, strippers, and middle-class families photographed with equal, unflinching attention. Working in New York, she approached her subjects with unusual proximity and familiarity, refusing the detached neutrality conventional to documentary photography. The resulting images carry a psychological intensity that comes from genuine encounter rather than observation. Her work permanently expanded what photography was permitted to look at and how close it could get.
Source: Zwirner · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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101 published of 101 catalogued · 8 with image
- MoMA84 published
- Art Institute Chicago8 published8 img
- The Met7 published
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published
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- 1961 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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