Lady bartender at home with a souvenir dog, New Orleans L.A. 1964
About this artwork
Arbus rarely travelled away from New York and it was in her home city that she made her best-known work. This photograph was made on a rare trip to New Orleans, but was the only photograph that that she printed from the visit. It may have been part of a project on people and their pets that Arbus intended for a magazine story, which also included the photograph, 'Tattooed Lady with a Dog' (1964). In this humorous image, however, the pet is actually a stuffed toy animal perched amusingly on its own seat next to its owner’s chair. Arbus’s use of the flash humorously illuminates and highlights the similarity between the bleached blonde, bouffant hairstyles of the ‘lady bartender’ and her pretend poodle.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Diane Arbus (1923 - 1971) American
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title:Lady bartender at home with a souvenir dog, New Orleans L.A. 1964
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date created:1964; printed after 1971
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materials:Gelatin silver print on paper
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measurements:36.00 x 36.20 cm (framed: 62.00 x 62.00 x 1.90 cm)
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credit line:ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 2008
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accession number:AR00532
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Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus is one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. Born in New York City, she was working as a fashion photographer before she began to pursue an artistic career. Arbus made portraits of people from across society, but is best known for her powerful images of people...