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Diane Arbus
Self-portrait in mirror1945

Not on view
Sepia-toned vintage photograph of a standing topless woman in white briefs in a bedroom interior, soft diffused lighting

Diane Arbus, Self-portrait in mirror, 1945 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Diane Arbus
United States, 1923–1971, active New York City
Title
Self-portrait in mirror
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1945
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (16.51 × 11.75 cm) Primary support: 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (16.51 × 11.75 cm) Secondary support: 9 × 7 in. (22.86 × 17.78 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.4
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Pohlmann, Ulrich, ed. Qui a peur des femmes photographes? 1839-1945. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 2015.
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
Copyright
© Diane Arbus Estate