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

Diane Arbus American
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

Object Information
  • 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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