Lot #2527: DIANE ARBUS - Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing, New York - Original photogravure

 

Artist: Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971).
Title: "Young Brooklyn Family Going for a Sunday Outing, New York".
Medium: Original photogravure.
Date: Composed 1966. Printed 1978.
Dimensions: Overall size: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (400 x 295 mm). Image size: 9 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (251 x 252 mm).
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. High-grade archival paper. Ample margins. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition. Comment(s): This print appeared in the article ‘Two American Families’ published in 'The Sunday Times Magazine.' Arbus wrote the text introducing Richard and Marylin Dauria with two of their three children, Richard Jr. and Dawn. The young couple grew up in the Bronx, met at school, and were married when Marylin was 16. Marylin says she is "often told she looks like Elizabeth Taylor". However, in contrast with their fashionable clothing and youthful hairstyles, their expressions reveal the weight of their responsibilities – their young son is mentally handicapped. As Arbus describes it, "the family is undeniably close in a painful heartrending sort of way." This clearly contrasts with the lives of the upper-middle-class family that Arbus photographed to appear alongside the Daurias in the article. (courtesy National Galeries of Scotland). Image copyright © The Estate of Diane Arbus, LLC. [27160-3-225]