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Image Not Available for Fire Eater at a carnival, Palisades Park, N.J., 1956.
Fire Eater at a carnival, Palisades Park, N.J., 1956.
Image Not Available for Fire Eater at a carnival, Palisades Park, N.J., 1956.

Fire Eater at a carnival, Palisades Park, N.J., 1956.

Creator Diane Arbus (American, 1923 - 1971)
PrinterPrinted by Neil Selkirk (English, born 1947)
Date1956; printed later
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 35.6 × 27.9 cm (14 × 11 in.)
Image: 20.3 × 14 cm (8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sandra Simpson, 2016
Object number2016/622
Place DepictedPalisades Park, New Jersey, United States
LocationNot currently on display

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1963; printed later
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