Mrs. T. Charlton Henry on a couch in her Chestnut Hill home, Philadelphia, Pa.

1965

Not on view

When this portrait of a society lady was published in Harper's Bazaar, the feature writer's text for the image noted: "Mrs. T. Charlton Henry … weighs a fragile, feminine ninety pounds, but moves through life like Trojan." Although Mrs. Henry-with her jeweled dress and formidable helmet of hair-may have been an atypical Arbus subject, the photographer employed her trademark classical style to capture the power and poignancy of this wealthy upper class woman in the elegant confines of her milieu.

Artwork Details

Title: Mrs. T. Charlton Henry on a couch in her Chestnut Hill home, Philadelphia, Pa.
Artist: Diane Arbus (American, New York 1923–1971 New York)
Date: 1965
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 21.6 x 21.5 cm (8 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2001
Object Number: 2001.399
Rights and Reproduction: © The Estate of Diane Arbus
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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