Collection Artwork
In a black and white photograph, a Black man leans against a railing while wearing a black tux with a wide and radiant smile in a dimly lit room.
In a black and white photograph, a Black man leans against a railing while wearing a black tux with a wide and radiant smile in a dimly lit room.
In a black and white photograph, a Black man leans against a railing while wearing a black tux with a wide and radiant smile in a dimly lit room.
In a black and white photograph, a Black man leans against a railing while wearing a black tux with a wide and radiant smile in a dimly lit room.
Diane Arbus (New York, New York, 1923 – 1971, New York, New York)
James Brown backstage at the Apollo Theater, N.Y.C. 1966
1966, printed later
gelatin silver print on Agfa paper
Neil Selkirk (born London, England, 1947)
paper size: 19 7/8 x 16 in.
image size: 15 x 14 3/4 in.
Gift of Alan Mark and Jeffrey Fraenkel
photographed in Harlem, New York, New York, United States, North America
2015.40.8
23/75
Stamped in black ink, verso, upper left: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / This image may not be reproduced in any / way whatsoever without written permission / from The Estate of Diane Arbus.
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper left, over left edge of stamp, sideways: 11
Stamped in black ink, verso, upper center: Copyright © 19__ [“66” handwritten in black ink above underline] / The Estate of Diane Arbus
Stamped in black ink, verso, upper right: A Diane Arbus photograph / title [two horizontal dotted lines] / print by Neil Selkirk, [two horizontal dotted lines]
Inscribed in black ink, verso, upper right, over dotted lines of stamp: JAMES BROWN BACKSTAGE AT THE / APOLLO THEATER, N.Y.C. 1966
Signed in black ink, verso, upper right, on last dotted line of stamp: Doon Arbus
Inscribed in black ink, verso, upper right, above stamp: 23/75
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: RMG#A9111.408-0
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: DAA.1100.Z

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