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Bare-chested female impersonator backstage, alone, N.Y.C. 1960

1960

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (22.5 × 15.1 cm)
Accession number
2016.250
Acquired
2016
Credit line
Gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel and Frish Brandt
Department
collection

About this work

Diane Arbus, Bare-chested female impersonator backstage, alone, N.Y.C. 1960, 1960. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (22.5 × 15.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel and Frish Brandt 2016.250

Visual description

A man with a exposed chest and dramatic drag queen style makeup sways towards the left and folds his right arm behind his back

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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