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Image Not Available for Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert's Museum, N.Y.C., 1959.
Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert's Museum, N.Y.C., 1959.
Image Not Available for Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert's Museum, N.Y.C., 1959.

Female impersonator on stage in a ruffled gown showing her breast, Hubert's Museum, N.Y.C., 1959.

Creator Diane Arbus (American, 1923 - 1971)
Date1959; printed 1959-1960
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions9 x 6 inches (image) [22.9 x 15.2 cm]
14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
Credit LineGift of Sandra Simpson, 2016
Category
    Object number2016/571
    Place DepictedNew York City, New York, United States
    LocationNot currently on display

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