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  4. South Bay Singles: Couple on a Chaise Lounge

Diane Arbus

American, 1923-1971

South Bay Singles: Couple on a Chaise Lounge

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South Bay Singles: Couple on a Chaise Lounge, 1970, printed 1984

Artwork Details

Materials

gelatin silver print

Measurements

sheet: 20 x 16 1/16 inches (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Deborah Ronnen, 2023

Accession ID

P2023:140

Object Classifications:

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

    Diane Arbus

    Bishop at the Altar, Santa Barbara, California

Collection Highlights

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  • Nocturne—Orangerie Staircase, Versailles, 1908

    Edward Jean Steichen

    Nocturne—Orangerie Staircase, Versailles
  • Composition No. 11, 1940-42--LONDON, with Blue, Red and Yellow, 1940-1942

    Piet Mondrian

    Composition No. 11, 1940-42--LONDON, with Blue, Red and Yellow
  • George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It Got Too Cold, 1957

    Joan Mitchell

    Large, energetic brushstrokes in green, brown, black, red, blue, and white cover portions of this abstract painting’s white background. These marks are primarily concentrated in two areas: in the top half of the canvas, especially in the center, and on its lower edge, especially in the center and toward the right corner.
  • Head - Red and Yellow, 1962

    Roy Lichtenstein

    A woman’s head and neck, cleanly outlined like a classic comic book illustration, fills the majority of this large square canvas. This figure is painted in bright red and white against a solid yellow background. The woman looks toward the right and her large mouth is opened in a laugh. Shoulder length, loosely curled hair frames her face. Her skin is covered with a field of miniscule red dots in emulation of halftone printing.
  • Chemin de halage à Argenteuil (Towpath at Argenteuil, Winter), 1875-1876

    Claude Monet

    This wintery landscape features a path that follows a still gray river as it curves from the bottom right corner of the canvas and recede into the distance under an overcast sky. On the right side of the painting, smokestacks on a distant are reflected in the water. Four small figures summarily rendered in dark tones walk on the path, with one appearing to move toward the viewer. To the left is a patch of trees and grass that peeks out beneath melting snow.
  • Electric, 1963

    Edward Ruscha

    The word “electric” in all capital, italicized letters spans across the center of this almost square canvas. The letters are painted in a gradient from bright yellow at the top to rich orange at the bottom, standing out in stark contrast against the solid deep blue background.
  • Parallel I-IV, 2012-2014

    Harun Farocki

    Five large digital screens hang from the ceiling of a darkened room. Two are hung side by side toward the left and rear of the room; two more are hung side by side toward the right and rear of the room; and a single screen hangs in the center foreground. All five screens feature imagery sourced from contemporary video games.
  • Riverbank, 1997

    Elizabeth Murray

    Riverbank
  • The Inverted Sink, 1985

    Robert Gober

    A large white plaster sculpture that takes the form of a thick, inverted V hangs from a blue-gray wall. The apex of the V comes to a sharp point whereas the left and right corners are curved.

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