Black and white photo of an awkward, naked, light-skinned family reclined on grass. The lumpy woman only wears sandals. The equally lumpy man appears naked. The adolescent child wears shorts.
Black and white photo of an awkward, naked, light-skinned family reclined on grass. The lumpy woman only wears sandals. The equally lumpy man appears naked. The adolescent child wears shorts.
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Diane Arbus

A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania

Maker

Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971)

Title

A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania

Year

1965

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 41.9 x 39.4 cm (16 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in ink LR

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

1987.057

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

Exhibition History

Celebrating the Jewish Contribution to Twentieth-Century American Art
Nov 12, 2004 – Mar 05, 2005
New Art for Providence
Jul 20, 1990 – Sep 16, 1990
Capturing the Light
150 Years of Photography
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989

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Tombstone

Diane Arbus (American, 1923-1971)
A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania, 1965
Gelatin silver print
Image: 41.9 x 39.4 cm (16 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 1987.057

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