Three Women

© The Estate of Diane Arbus LLC

Three Women

Currently not on view

Three Women,

1969

Diane Arbus, 1923–1971; born New York, NY; died New York
x1979-117

Information

Title
Three Women
Dates

1969

Maker
Diane Arbus
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 38.5 x 38 cm. (15 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.) sheet: 50.9 x 40.7 cm. (20 1/16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry Geldzahler
Object Number
x1979-117
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New Jersey

Inscription
In ink, bottom: 3 women (school for the mentally Retarded N.J.) one watches, the second begins a somersault, the third laughs. / 1969 Diane Arbus In ink, verso: DIANE ARBUS / 1969
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
psychiatric hospitals, women, trees, figures (representations), behavior and mental disorders, games, grass, fields

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