Diane Arbus: A Monograph of Seventeen Photographs from Picture Magazine
Issue # 16
Publisher: Picture Magazine Inc., 1980
Page Count: 44
Soft cover
The art critic Robert Hughes said that Diane Arbus had performed an impossible feat: she changed the way we looked at the face. How is that for immortality?
About Arbus little needs to be said. Her genius is self-evident. But about this issue of Picture Magazine, it is worth noting that permission to print Arbus’s photos had been very sparingly granted by her estate after her 1971 suicide. Thus, when the magazine received an unexpected offer to print them, they said Yes instinctively and even postponed the articles already set for this issue. They further agreed to have no words next to the photos or comments about them, for the estate wanted the pictures to speak for themselves. Kudos for their good sense and for having the confidence of the estate.
It is not coincidental that a major exhibition of Arbus’s pictures was organized the same year, namely 1980: Diane Arbus: Vintage Unpublished Photographs. Robert Miller Gallery, New York; Fraenkel Gallery, New York [Source—Wikipedia]. This issue served as a reminder for readers about the opportunity to visit the gallery. As for the present day, how remarkable it is to have access to 17 large-sized Arbus photos from a near contemporary publication.
Issue # 16
Publisher: Picture Magazine Inc., 1980
Page Count: 44
Soft cover
The art critic Robert Hughes said that Diane Arbus had performed an impossible feat: she changed the way we looked at the face. How is that for immortality?
About Arbus little needs to be said. Her genius is self-evident. But about this issue of Picture Magazine, it is worth noting that permission to print Arbus’s photos had been very sparingly granted by her estate after her 1971 suicide. Thus, when the magazine received an unexpected offer to print them, they said Yes instinctively and even postponed the articles already set for this issue. They further agreed to have no words next to the photos or comments about them, for the estate wanted the pictures to speak for themselves. Kudos for their good sense and for having the confidence of the estate.
It is not coincidental that a major exhibition of Arbus’s pictures was organized the same year, namely 1980: Diane Arbus: Vintage Unpublished Photographs. Robert Miller Gallery, New York; Fraenkel Gallery, New York [Source—Wikipedia]. This issue served as a reminder for readers about the opportunity to visit the gallery. As for the present day, how remarkable it is to have access to 17 large-sized Arbus photos from a near contemporary publication.
Issue # 16
Publisher: Picture Magazine Inc., 1980
Page Count: 44
Soft cover
The art critic Robert Hughes said that Diane Arbus had performed an impossible feat: she changed the way we looked at the face. How is that for immortality?
About Arbus little needs to be said. Her genius is self-evident. But about this issue of Picture Magazine, it is worth noting that permission to print Arbus’s photos had been very sparingly granted by her estate after her 1971 suicide. Thus, when the magazine received an unexpected offer to print them, they said Yes instinctively and even postponed the articles already set for this issue. They further agreed to have no words next to the photos or comments about them, for the estate wanted the pictures to speak for themselves. Kudos for their good sense and for having the confidence of the estate.
It is not coincidental that a major exhibition of Arbus’s pictures was organized the same year, namely 1980: Diane Arbus: Vintage Unpublished Photographs. Robert Miller Gallery, New York; Fraenkel Gallery, New York [Source—Wikipedia]. This issue served as a reminder for readers about the opportunity to visit the gallery. As for the present day, how remarkable it is to have access to 17 large-sized Arbus photos from a near contemporary publication.