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Image Not Available for Female impersonator checking the back of her hair in a mirror, N.Y.C., 1959.
Female impersonator checking the back of her hair in a mirror, N.Y.C., 1959.
Image Not Available for Female impersonator checking the back of her hair in a mirror, N.Y.C., 1959.

Female impersonator checking the back of her hair in a mirror, N.Y.C., 1959.

Creator Diane Arbus (American, 1923 - 1971)
Date1959; printed 1959-1961
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 35.6 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Image: 22.9 × 15.2 cm (9 × 6 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sandra Simpson, 2016
Category
    Object number2016/564
    Place DepictedNew York City, New York, United States
    LocationNot currently on display

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