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  4. Bishop at the Altar, Santa Barbara, California

Diane Arbus

American, 1923-1971

Bishop at the Altar, Santa Barbara, California

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Bishop at the Altar, Santa Barbara, California, 1964, printed later

Artwork Details

Materials

gelatin silver print

Measurements

sheet: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Deborah Ronnen, 2023

Accession ID

P2023:139

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Photographs

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Other Works by This Artist

  • Mae West in a chair at home, Santa Monica, California, 1964, printed later

    Diane Arbus

    Mae West in a chair at home, Santa Monica, California
  • Blaze Starr in her Living Room, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964, printed later

    Diane Arbus

    Blaze Starr in her Living Room, Baltimore, Maryland
  • South Bay Singles: Couple on a Chaise Lounge, 1970, printed 1984

    Diane Arbus

    South Bay Singles: Couple on a Chaise Lounge

Collection Highlights

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  • Peristyle: Five Lines, 1963-1964

    George Rickey

    Peristyle: Five Lines
  • La voix des airs (The Voice of Space), 1928

    René Magritte

    La voix des airs (The Voice of Space)
  • Corazón de roca con sangre (Heart of Rock with Blood), 1975

    Ana Mendieta

    First of two images. Still from a video of the artist naked on the banks of a river, which is just visible in the upper-right corner of the image. She kneels on the leaf-covered ground, staring at the silhouette of a female figure dug into the earth in shallow relief.
  • Untitled, 1998-2002

    Gregory Crewdson

    This large-scale color photograph captures a mysterious scene staged in a domestic bathroom, which is presented in cross-section. In the center of the frame, a white man, wearing only briefs, is bent over on the floor of a shower stall. His right arm reaches through the drain and is visible in the dark crawlspace below floor level where a pipe would normally be connected. The dim light filtering through a small window on the left evokes a sense of twilight.
  • La Maison de La Crau (The Old Mill), 1888

    Vincent van Gogh

    Loose thick brushstrokes in a vibrant palette define a rural scene beneath a turquoise green sky. On the right is a tall sandy colored building with a yellow roof and brownish-red chimney. Steps leads from the structure toward the left-hand side of the image, where, two people stand in front of a purple fence. Beyond the fence and toward the upper left of the image are green fields dotted with small houses and blue mountains in the far distance.
  • L'Age d'Airain (Age of Bronze), 1875-1876 (cast executed 1911)

    Auguste Rodin

    This life-sized, muscular nude is captured as if in mid-stride, with his right hand raised to clasp his scalp and his left hand raised in a fist. His mouth is open, and his facial features contorted in what appears to be pain or anger.
  • Les Arbres (The Trees), ca. 1906

    André Derain

    A vibrantly colored landscape with several slim-trunked trees and mountains in the background fills this canvas. The sky is a light yellow while the ground is a slightly darker, sandy hue. The artist used cool blues with patches of crimson to depict the mountains, and warm reds, yellows, and oranges to emphasize tall, thin tree trunks in the foreground. Shadows fall diagonally from the trees toward the right hand corner of the painting where the artist’s small, blue signature rests.
  • Still Life on a Mantelpiece, ca. 1923

    Georges Braque

    Still Life on a Mantelpiece
  • The Lady's Last Stake, 1759

    William Hogarth

    The Lady's Last Stake

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