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A Box of Ten Photographs

Photograph
1972-74 (printed), 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

photographic print on Agfa paper


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Box of Ten Photographs (series title)
Materials and techniques
Agfa paper, photography
Brief description
'Identical twins, Roselle, N.J. 1967', from the portfolio 'A Box of Ten', by Diane Arbus.
Physical description
photographic print on Agfa paper
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 504mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 )
  • Sheet width: 405mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 )
  • Image size height: 386mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 )
  • Image size width: 371mm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 )
Marks and inscriptions
18/50 (Marked with edition number)
Gallery label
Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2011-2012, label text : Diane Arbus (1923-71) ‘Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J. 1967’ from the portfolio A Box of Ten 1967, printed 1972-4 Arbus’s sitters often face the camera, implicitly aware of their collaboration in the portrait-making process. The stark and self-conscious encounter between photographer and subject balances theatre and reality and becomes a central drama of the picture. She wrote: ‘We’ve all got an identity. You can’t avoid it. It’s what’s left when you take everything else away.’ Gelatin silver print Museum no. Circ.310-1974 (07 03 2014)
Credit line
Acquired from The Photographers Gallery Limited, London in 1974.
Production
One of ‘A Box of Ten Photographs’ by Diane Arbus, 1970. It was published after the photographer’s death by her daughter Doon Arbus and Neil Selkirk, who printed for her during her lifetime. All the prints are marked on the reverse with three stamps, and with the edition number 18/50, the title and the signature of Doon Arbus in ink. All the photographs are square format, printed in black and white on Agfa paper. The titles given here are those printed in facsimile manuscript on the overlay sheet protecting each print in the portfolio. They are Diane Arbus’s own titles. [Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 ]
Place depicted
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.310-1974

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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