Unseen Photographs of Diane Arbus Set for The Met Breuer

New York City museum will display dozens of previously unpublished photos

July 10, 2016 4:00 am
NEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1968:  Photographer Diane Arbus poses for a rare portrait in the Automat at Sixth Avenue between 41st & 42nd Street  in New York, New York circa 1968. (Photo by Roz Kelly/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1968: Photographer Diane Arbus poses for a rare portrait in the Automat at Sixth Avenue between 41st & 42nd Street in New York, New York circa 1968. (Photo by Roz Kelly/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1968: Photographer Diane Arbus poses for a rare portrait in the Automat at Sixth Avenue between 41st & 42nd Street in New York, New York circa 1968. (Photo by Roz Kelly/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Photographer Diane Arbus poses for a rare portrait in the Automat at Sixth Avenue between 41st & 42nd Street in New York circa 1968. (Photo by Roz Kelly/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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The recent biography, Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer, brought new attention to her life. New York’s Met Breuer will put the focus back on her work. On display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new space for modern and contemporary art, diane arbus: in the beginning features over 100 photographs from the first seven years of her career (1956-1962). Anticipation for the show is particularly intense because the majority of these works have never before been published or exhibited: quite simply, it is a chance to fully appreciate the development of one of the 20th century’s iconic photographers all over again for the first time.

The exhibition opens at the Met Breuer on July 12. For more information, click here.

Married photographers Allan and Diane Arbus. (Photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill/Condé Nast via Getty Images)
Married photographers Allan and Diane Arbus. (Photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill/Condé Nast via Getty Images)

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