Diane Arbus — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Diane Arbus (1923-1971); 'Parlor, Xmas, Levittown' (Xmas tree in a living room in Levittown, L.I.);

Bonhams

$32,000

Diane Arbus (1923-1971); Lillian and Dorothy Gish;

Bonhams

$10,000

Diane Arbus (1923-1971); Mae West on her bed, Santa Monica, CA;

Bonhams

$9,000

Diane Arbus (1923-1971); Siamese Twins in a carnival tent, N.J.;

Bonhams

Diane Arbus (1923-1971); 'Courtship, Teenage Couple, Hudson St.';

Bonhams

Diane Arbus (1923-1971); Bishop on her bed, Santa Barbara;

Bonhams

Diane Arbus (1923-1971); Germaine Greer;

Bonhams

Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, NYC, 1967

Christie's

$254,000

Feb 2026

Christie's

The Junior Interstate Ballroom Dance Champions, Yonkers, NY, 1962

$101,600

Feb 2026

Christie's

A family one evening in a nudist camp, Pa., 1965

$50,800

Feb 2026

Sotheby's

Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC, 1966

$42,000

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

A young man and his pregnant wife in Washington Square Park, NYC, 1965

$7,500

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

Identical Twins, Roselle, N. J., 1966

$698,500

Oct 2025

Christie's

Identical twins, Roselle, N.J., 1966

Sotheby's

Christie's

Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in a pro-war parade, NYC, 1967

$119,700

Oct 2024

Christie's

Lady bartender at home with a souvenir dog, New Orleans, LA., 1964

$17,640

Oct 2024

Christie's

Jacqueline Susann and her husband, Irving Mansfield, Beverly Hills, Cal., 1969

Identical twins, (Cathleen and Colleen), Roselle, New Jersey, 1966

Oct 2024

Christie's

$1,197,000

May 2024

Sotheby's

Anderson Hays Cooper, 1968

$6,000

Mar 2024

Christie's

Triplets in their bedroom, NJ, 1963

$40,320

Feb 2024

Christie's

Two girls on the Beach Coney Island, NY, 1958

$6,300

Feb 2024

Sotheby's

Puerto Rican Woman with a Beauty Mark, N.Y.C., 1965

Unknown

Nov 2023

Sotheby's

Patriotic Young Man with a Flag, N.Y.C.

£6,000 ($10k USD)

Jun 2023

For Sale 11

Etherton Gallery · Artsy

A House on a Hill, Hollywood, California, 1963

Price on request

Gelatin silver print

IFAC Arts · Artsy

Woman with eyeliner, N.Y.C., 1964

Price on request

Silver gelatin print

projects+gallery · 1stDibs

Girl in a Shiny Dress, NYC

$14,000

Peter Fetterman Gallery · 1stDibs

A House on a Hill, Hollywood CA

$15,000

Caviar20 · 1stDibs

Groom Kissing His Bride

$9,750

CLAMP · 1stDibs

Tattooed Man at a Carnival

Untitled (17), black and white photographic portrait by Diane Arbus

CLAMP · 1stDibs

Camp Lakecrest campers as trees, Dutchess County, NY

CLAMP · 1stDibs

Puerto Rican woman with a beauty mark

CLAMP · 1stDibs

A young man and his girlfriend with hot dogs in the park, N.Y.C. 1971

CLAMP · 1stDibs

New York City, Widow in Her Bedroom, 55th St by Diane Arbus, Vintage Print

99Prints NYC · 1stDibs

$50,000

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Market1,168 auction results

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$2.5K – $1.2M

145 of 212 photographs lots with prices

calculatePhotographs Average

$52.8K

Object-type specific

show_chartPhotographs Median

$10.8K

145 priced photographs lots

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Apr 2026 · $10.2K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

categoryMarket by Object Type

Photographs: $10.8K medianWorks on paper: $11.7K medianEditioned photos: $7.7K medianUnclassified lots: $10.0K medianBooks/portfolios: $34.3K medianPosters/ephemera: $3.0K median

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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts Jeffrey Fraenkel on Diane Arbus (Live in London) - Season 26 - Episode 11 Talk Art · Nov 21, 2025

We meet gallerist Jeffrey Fraenkel to discuss the work of Diane Arbus, recorded live in London at David Zwirner. — Sanctum Sanctorum : a sacred room or inner chamber; a place of inviolable privacy Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sa…

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Publications8

Exhibition Catalog 6

Female View: Modefotografinnen von der Moderne bis zum Digitalen Zeitalter

Hatje Cantz · 2022

A box of ten photographs Author

Aperture · 2018

Street Life & Home Stories: Fotografien aus der Sammlung Goetz

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Street Life & Home Stories: Photographs from the Goetz Collection

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Cruel and Tender: Zärtlich und grausam - Fotografie und das Wirkliche

Hatje Cantz · 2003

Diane Arbus Author

Aperture · 2003

Survey 2

Women Photographers 1900 - 1975: A Legacy of Light

Hatje Cantz · 2025

The American Art Book

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News20

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Past Exhibitions14

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#74 Fraenkel Gallery

Whipped Cream & Other Delights (Fraenkel at Ortuzar)

Nan Goldin, Diane Arbus, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Irving Penn, Eadweard Muybridge, Peter Hujar, Robert Adams (b.1937), Lee Friedlander, Carrie Mae Weems, Wardell Milan, Loewy et Puiseux, Richard T. Walker, Martine Gutierrez

49 Geary St #450, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA

May 8, 2026 — May 21, 2026

Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum

#74 Fraenkel Gallery

Diane Arbus

Mar 12, 2026 — May 22, 2026

#2 David Zwirner

Sanctum Sanctorum

Diane Arbus

606 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004, United States

Nov 6, 2025 — Dec 20, 2025

#499 Cheim & Read

Diane Arbus Untitled

Diane Arbus

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 12, 2023 — Mar 18, 2023

#4,657 Corkin Gallery

Diane Arbus

7 Tank House Lane, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4, Canada

Jun 23, 2021 — Sep 3, 2021

Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956–1971

#2,972 Atlantean Art Gallery

Diane Arbus

317 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, Canada

Feb 22, 2020 — May 22, 2020

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs

Smithsonian Institution

Diane Arbus

Apr 6, 2018 — Jan 27, 2019

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs This exhibition traces the history of A box of ten photographs, telling the crucial story of the portfolio that establi...

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs

Smithsonian Institution

Diane Arbus

Apr 6, 2018 — Jan 27, 2019

Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs This exhibition traces the history of A box of ten photographs, telling the crucial story of the portfolio that establi...