Diane Arbus

A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C. 1966

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About this artwork

This picture appeared in an article ‘Two American Families’ published in The Sunday Times Magazine. Arbus wrote the text introducing Richard and Marylin Dauria with two of their three children, Richard Jnr and Dawn. The young couple grew up in the Bronx, met at school, and were married when Marylin was 16. Marylin says she is "often told she looks like Elizabeth Taylor". However, in contrast with their fashionable clothing and youthful hairstyles, their expressions reveal the weight of their responsibilities – their young son is mentally handicapped. As Arbus describes it, "the family is undeniably close in a painful heartrending sort of way." This clearly contrasts with the lives of the upper-middle-class family that Arbus photographed to appear alongside the Daurias in the article.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Diane Arbus (1923 - 1971) American
  • title:
    A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C. 1966
  • date created:
    1966
  • materials:
    Gelatin silver print on paper
  • measurements:
    38.80 x 37.30 cm (framed: 61.90 x 61.90 x 1.90 cm)
  • object type:
  • 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
  • accession number:
    AR00512
  • gallery:
This artwork is part of Artist Rooms
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Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus