9781597114394-1597114391-Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs

ISBN-13: 9781597114394
ISBN-10: 1597114391
Author: John P. Jacob
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Aperture
Format: Hardcover 110 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781597114394
ISBN-10: 1597114391
Author: John P. Jacob
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Aperture
Format: Hardcover 110 pages

Summary

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs (ISBN-13: 9781597114394 and ISBN-10: 1597114391), written by authors John P. Jacob, was published by Aperture in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions (Photography & Video, Criticism & Essays, Portraits) books. You can easily purchase or rent Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $5.34.

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In May 1971, Artforum, bastion of late modernism, featured the work of a photographer for the very first time. On its cover and in a six-page spread, it published selections from Diane Arbus's portfolio, A box of ten photographs. In the words of the magazine's editor and photography skeptic, Philip Leider, "The portfolio changed everything . . . one could no longer deny [photography's] status as art." At the time of Arbus's death, two months later, only four of the intended edition of fifty had been sold. Two had been purchased from Arbus by Richard Avedon (the first for himself, the second as a gift for his friend Mike Nichols); another was purchased by Jasper Johns; and a fourth by Bea Feitler, art director at Harper's Bazaar. Arbus signed the prints in all four sets; each print was accompanied by an interleaving vellum slip-sheet inscribed with an extended caption. For Feitler, Arbus added an eleventh photograph, A woman with her baby monkey, N.J. 1971.

Acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, in 1986—and the only one of the four completed and sold by Arbus that is publicly held—that portfolio is the subject of an exhibition on view at the museum from April through September 2018. This exceptional book replicates the nature of Diane Arbus's original and now legendary object. Smithsonian curator John P. Jacob, who has unearthed a trove of new information in preparing the book and exhibition, weaves a fascinating tale of the creation, production, and continuing repercussions of this seminal work.
Published by Aperture in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

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