Albino sword swallower at a carnival, Maryland

1970, printed later

Photography

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 14 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (38 × 38 cm)
sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.65 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932
Accession Number: 1991.53.3
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Photographs
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Bibliography

Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Revelations (New York: Random House, 2003), 304-5

Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus, exh. cat. (Millerton, N.Y.: Aperture, 1972), ill

Object copyright

In Copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

gelatin silver prints

Subject

Women artists carnivals swords

Marks

Verso UL, stamped in black ink: Not ot be reproduced in any way without written permission of Doon Arbus. \r\n

Inscriptions

Verso UR, stamped in black ink: A Diane Arbus phtograph \r\nVerso UR, in black ink: ALBINO SWORD SWALLOWER AT A CARNIVAL, M.D. 1970 / NEIL SELKIRK 44/75\r\nVerso UR, in graphite: ex: -rac---. NST. '80 \r\nVerso LL, in graphite: 11010 \r\nVerso LL, in graphite upsidedown: 1991.53.3\r\nVerso LR, in graphite: 27.1988.98

Signed

Signed verso UR, in black ink: Doon Arbus

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