Woman in floppy hat, N.Y.C. 1970
About this artwork
The caption focuses us on what we’ve already noticed looking at the picture – the odd, sculptural hat that is blending into this lady’s hair. It is hard to distinguish between the hat’s material and the two curls on her forehead. In the fashion photographs that Arbus once made, the hat would have been framed in a careful composition, but here Arbus photographs the woman crossing the road in a picture that has more in common with her earliest work , for which she used a 35mm camera photographing on the street. And like her picture 'Four People at a Gallery Opening 1968', this portrait reveals Arbus’s tendency to mock the upper classes. As alongside her sullen expression and expensive clothing and accessories, the lady’s elaborate headwear seems all the more strange.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Diane Arbus (1923 - 1971) American
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title:Woman in floppy hat, N.Y.C. 1970
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date created:1970; printed after 1971
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materials:Gelatin silver print on paper
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measurements:34.40 x 33.60 cm (framed: 68.80 x 54.20 x 2.00 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:AR00558
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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...