Classic Photographs
Classic Photographs
DIANE ARBUS | JIM WARREN’S FAMOUS MONSTERS FAN CLUB, QUEENS, NEW YORK, CHAPTER
Auction Closed
October 3, 04:15 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
DIANE ARBUS
1923-1971
JIM WARREN’S FAMOUS MONSTERS FAN CLUB, QUEENS, NEW YORK, CHAPTER
stamped, signed, and annotated with the Arbus Estate authentication number by Doon Arbus, the photographer's daughter, in ink and with credit, reduction notations, and annotations in pencil and ink on the reverse, framed, 1962
10⅜ by 6½ in. (26.4 by 16.5 cm.)
The photographer to James Warren, publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland
Howard Russeck Fine Art, Palm Beach
Famous Monsters of Filmland, vol. I, no. 28, May 1964, p. 70 (cropped, likely this print)
In the spring of 1964, James Warren, publisher of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, needed a photographer to travel to Queens, New York, to photograph members of the local chapter of his Famous Monsters Fan Club. Early members, who each received a pin and a mask for joining the club, included Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Gloria Steinem, an assistant editor of another Warren magazine, knew of a photographer through her roommate Barbara Nessim. She suggested that Warren give this assignment to Nessim's friend, Diane Arbus. Arbus reported to Warren's office at 52nd Street and Madison Avenue, got cab fare, and went to Queens to shoot. Warren purchased two photographs from the sitting and used the photograph offered here in the May 1964 issue of the magazine.
The other photograph that Warren purchased (a variant of this image) was sold in these rooms on 2 October 1996.