Diane Arbus

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American | 1923 - 1971

Diane Arbus was an American photographer who was born in 1923.

How much does a Diane Arbus cost?

Diane Arbus's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 40 USD to 1,197,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Diane Arbus's most expensive photography?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,197,000 USD for Identical twins, (Cathleen and Colleen), Roselle, New Jersey, sold at Christie's New York in 2024. In the past 12 months, her photographs have averaged 27,488 USD.

Where can I see Diane Arbus's works?

Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Rijksmuseum Amsterdam have featured Diane Arbus's work in the past.

Diane Arbus in the news

Diane Arbus has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in September 2025. The artist died in 1971.

Artist's alternative names: Diane Nemerov Arbus

Featured for Sale

A Child Crying, N. J. ,1967

By Diane Arbus

Sotheby's Paris

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, MD. ,1967

By Diane Arbus

Sotheby's Paris

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Identical twins, Roselle, N.J.

By Diane Arbus

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A box of ten photographs

By Diane Arbus

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Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1967 - Diane Arbus

Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1967 ,1967

By Diane Arbus

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Tattooed Man at a Carnival, MD. ,1967

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A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N. Y. C - Diane Arbus

A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, N. Y. C ,1966

By Diane Arbus

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Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC - Diane Arbus

Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC ,1966

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Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, N. Y. C - Diane Arbus

Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, N. Y. C ,1967

By Diane Arbus

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Current Exhibitions

Sixties Surreal

Whitney Museum of American Art

Greenwich Village | New York | USA

24 Sep, 2025 - 19 Jan, 2026

Family Portrait

Addison Gallery of American Art

Andover | Massachusetts | USA

02 Sep, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum

David Zwirner, London

Mayfair | London | UK

06 Nov, 2025 - 20 Dec, 2025

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Articles

Diane Arbus at David Zwirner is an intimate and poignant tribute to her portraiture

Wallpaper 06 Nov, 2025

In 'Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum,' 45 works place Arbus' subjects in their private spaces. Hannah Silver visits the London exhibit.

Top 30 Fine Art Photography Artists in the World

Contemporary Art Issue 05 Nov, 2025

Today, photography is, without any doubt, the most accessible art form. Everyone owns a camera nowadays, as we all carry smartphones in our pockets or purses.

MoMA opens an exhibition of extraordinary photographs from the Thayle Threenhill Collection

ArtDaily 03 Nov, 2025

The Museum of Modern Art is presenting Time Travelers: Photographs from the Thayle Threenhill Collection, an exhibition of works from a monumental gift of photographs made in 2019 to the Museum by Robert F. Greenhill in memory of his wife, Gayle Greenhill (1936鈥�2017).

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鈥� ..Like so much of Arbus's work, the picture is full of paradoxes it refuses to resolve.... 鈥�
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Cheim & Read

鈥� ..By now Arbus's unsettling social portraits are burned into collective memory... 鈥�
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Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills

鈥� ..ARTIST ROOMS comprises of 69 black-and-white photographs from across Arbus鈥檚 career, both her earliest work in 35mm and her characteristic square-format images, and ranging from her best-known portraits... 鈥�
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Nottingham Contemporary

鈥� ..Arbus, however, rarely staked as much of her photographs' poignancy on the super-fast flash of the chance moment as did the male photographers of her generation... 鈥�
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Cheim & Read

鈥� ..It will also include her lesser-known early work in 35 mm, as well as a very rare portfolio of original prints, A box of ten photographs , which Arbus produced shortly before her suicide in 1971... 鈥�
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Dean Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland

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