My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.
Diane Arbus
Happy Birthday to Diane Arbus who was born on this day in 1923.
Diane Arbus, “Lady at a masked ball with two roses on her dress, N.Y., 1967,” 1979. Halftone photogravure. Image: 9 3/4 x 10 in. (24.8 x 25.4 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (40 x 29.5 cm). Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. Gift of Robert Heinecken.
"Nothing is ever the same as they said it was." –Diane Arbus, born on this day in 1923.
This week’s #NotOnView selection highlights another woman artist featured in our collection. We are celebrating many more on our Pinterest page as part of Women’s History Month.
Diane Arbus, Lady at a masked ball with two roses on her dress, N.Y., 1967, 1979. Halftone photogravure. 9 3/4 x 10 in. (24.8 x 25.4 cm). Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. Gift of Robert Heinecken.
"In this little, dreary, airless, utterly conventional room, there is tragedy, comedy, disdain, love, and wonder. And the photographer looks on clearly and without irony or condescension." Now on the blog, David Rodes, Director Emeritus of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, discusses Diane Arbus's 'A Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents, in the Bronx, N.Y.': http://bit.ly/1B8Gz80