Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C.

1962, printed later

Diane Arbus American, 1923-1971

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About the Artwork

Title Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C.

Artwork Date 1962, printed later

Artist Diane Arbus

Life Dates 1923-1971

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Gelatin silver print

Dimensions Image: 14 3/4 × 14 3/4 inches (37.5 × 37.5 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.5 × 40.6 cm)

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2021.327

Markings

Signed Signed, verso: Doon Arbus

Marks Marked, stamp, in black ink, upper left, verso: Not to be reproduced in any way without | written permission from Doon Arbus. Marked, stamp, in black ink, upper right, verso: A Diane Arbus photograph | title [in black pen and ink] CHILD WITH A TOY HAND GRENADE | IN CENTRAL PARK, N.Y.C. 1962 | print by [in black pen and ink] NEIL SELKIRK | Doon Arbus

Provenance

1977, sold by (The Halsted 831 Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, USA);
1977-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2021

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Published References

Arbus, Doon, Marvin Israel, ed. Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph. Millerton, 1972, no. 50.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 60, no. 2: Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2001–2002 (Fall 2002): pp. 42-43.

Diane Arbus: Revelations. New York, 2003, pp. 104-105, 164, 208.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2012, p. 446.

Rosenheim, Jeff L. Diane Arbus: in the beginning. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2016, p. 257.

Hermanson Meister, Sarah. Arbus, Friedlander, Winogrand: New Documents, 1967. New York, 2017, p. 62.

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Diane Arbus, Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962, printed later, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2021.327.