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Image Not Available for Corpse at autopsy with chest open and scalp peeled down, N.Y.C., 1959.
Corpse at autopsy with chest open and scalp peeled down, N.Y.C., 1959.
Image Not Available for Corpse at autopsy with chest open and scalp peeled down, N.Y.C., 1959.

Corpse at autopsy with chest open and scalp peeled down, N.Y.C., 1959.

Creator Diane Arbus (American, 1923 - 1971)
Date1959; printed 1959-1960
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Image: 15.6 × 24.1 cm (6 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sandra Simpson, 2016
Category
  • gelatin silver prints
Object number2016/544
Copyright
Copyright © The Estate of Diane Arbus
Place DepictedNew York City, New York, United States
LocationNot currently on display

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Diane Arbus
1959; printed 1959-1960
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1959; printed 1959-1960
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Diane Arbus
1959; printed 1959-1960
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Diane Arbus
1961; printed 1961-1962
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1959; printed later
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1959; printed 1959-1960
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Diane Arbus
1959; printed 1959-1960
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Child running in the park, N.Y.C., 1959.
Diane Arbus
1959; printed later
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Diane Arbus
1959; printed 1959-1961
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Female impersonator holding a blonde wig, N.Y.C., 1959.
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1959; printed 1959-1961
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Female impersonator in makeup, jacket and tie, N.Y.C., 1959.
Diane Arbus
1959; printed 1959-1960
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1959; printed 1959-1960
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