Lot #72: DIANE ARBUS - Boy with a Straw Hat Waiting to March in a Pro-war Parade, N.Y.C - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971).
Title: "Boy with a Straw Hat Waiting to March in a Pro-war Parade, N.Y.C".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1967. Printed 1972.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (208 x 210 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition.
Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Photography Prices” the auction record for a silver print of this scarce image is $245,000 realized at Christie's, New York, 4/6/2016, lot #117. Arbus’s direct, confrontational approach to photography meant that her subjects did not always like their portraits. After seeing his, the writer Norman Mailer famously said, "giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child. Image copyright © The Estate of Diane Arbus, LLC. [29597-2-600-NA]