Lot 284 · Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs
Lady in a rooming house parlor, Albion, NY., 1963
Diane Arbus · gelatin silver print, printed later by Neil Selkirk
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- Estimate
- $7,000–$9,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs , New York · 18 February 2016
- Dimensions
- image: 15 x 14 3/4 in. (38.2 x 37.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4064890
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Diane Arbus, Lady in a rooming house parlor, Albion, NY., 1963. Christie's, 18 Feb 2016, lot 284. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4064890.
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Diane Arbus, Lady in a rooming house parlor, Albion, NY., 1963. Christie's, 18 Feb 2016, lot 284. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4064890.
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From the same sale Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs · Feb 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (Maynard White/Sailor on Rock, Torso), c. 1910 | Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Porter, Les Halles, 1939 | Brassaï | $2,000–$4,000 | |
| Untitled from 'Personal Sentimentalism in Photography', 2000 | Nobuyoshi Araki | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Flower Stem, 1990s | Nobuyoshi Araki | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Tide Stones, 1963 | Minor White | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| Antarctica, 2005 | Sebastião Salgado | $10,000–$15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Arbus | Child running in the Parc, New York City | $9,316 | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | |
| Diane Arbus | Young Couple in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Nov 2022 | ||
| Diane Arbus | A young waitress at a nudist camp, N.J. | Bonhams, Mar 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Boy above a Crowd, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Mia Villiers-Farrow on a bed, 1964 | Christie's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Girl in a watch cap, N.Y.C. | Phillips, Apr 2026 | ||
| Diane Arbus | Five children in a common room, N.J. | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Diane Arbus | diane arbus | ‘untitled (28)’, 1970-71 | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.