Two female impersonators backstage, N.Y.C.

c. 1962

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm) Image (sight): 7 7/8 × 5 3/8 in. (20 × 13.7 cm)
Accession number: 98.12.1
Acquired: 1998
Credit line: Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee
Edition: Vintage
Department: collection

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Diane Arbus, Two female impersonators backstage, N.Y.C., c. 1962. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm) Image (sight): 7 7/8 × 5 3/8 in. (20 × 13.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 98.12.1

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Sixties Surreal 2025-09-24 – 2026-01-19
Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960 2017-04-28 – 2019-06-02
Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection 2016-04-02 – 2017-04-02
Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner 2015-11-20 – 2016-03-06
America Is Hard to See 2015-05-01 – 2015-09-27
Set Up: Recent Acquisitions in Photography 2005-03-05 – 2005-06-26
Pictures From Within: American Photographs 1958–2002 2003-05-24 – 2003-09-28
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001 2002-06-26 – 2002-09-22
An American Story 1996-03-20 – 1996-09-29

Two female impersonators backstage, N.Y.C.

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