A Castle in Disneyland, California
Artist
Diane Arbus
(American, 1923 - 1971)
Printer
Neil Selkirk
(American, born England, 1947)
Date1962; printed 1972
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/8 × 14 7/8 inches (38.42 × 37.78 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 1/8 inches (50.8 × 40.96 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 1/8 inches (50.8 × 40.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4555
SignedOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in black pen: "Diane Arbus"
InscribedOn mount verso, upper right, in black stamp with black pen: "Diane Arbus photograph 8/75 / title A CASTLE IN DISNEYLAND, / CAL. 1962 / print by NEIL SELKIRK";
On mount verso, upper left, stamped in black ink: "Not to be reproduced in any way without / written permission from Doon Arbus.".
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "R [?] S-22", "#2";
On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "1245".
Edition/State/Proofed. 8/75
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a castle and a swan swimming in the moat at night.Gallery LabelThis early work by Diane Arbus documents an architectural and cultural fiction: Cinderella’s castle at Disneyland in California. Photographed at night and lit from below, the structure looms eerily over its reflection. The dark atmosphere in this image of a fairytale replica serves, perhaps, as a critique of the dominant currents of fantasy and escape in post-World War II American culture.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1991;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Estate of Diane Arbus LLC
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Diane Arbus
1967; printed ca. 1975
2005.27.602
