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The House of Horrors, Coney Island, N.Y.

The House of Horrors, Coney Island, N.Y.

1962

Diane Arbus

(born Diane Nemerov) American; born 1923, New York; died 1971, New York

Gelatin Silver Print
Sheet h.: 20in. (50.8cm)
Sheet w.: 16in. (40.6cm)
Image: 14 5/8 x 14 3/8in. (37.1 x 36.5cm)
Mary Arrington Small Estate Acquisition Fund, the Photography Purchase Fund and the Photography Council
86.132
Provenance: [Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (with funds from Small Estate, Photography Purchase Fund, and Photography Council), September 8, 1986
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "American Gothic", August 27, 1998 -January 24, 1999

Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Photography exhibit, April 12, 1996 - June 23, 1996
Published ReferencesSlemmons, Rod. "Photography in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1990, no. 34, pp. 36-37

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