Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Kids in the surf, Coney Island, N.Y., 1958
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Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$32,250 ≈ £23,987 ≈ €27,538Sign up free to see price
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Boy above a Crowd, N.Y.C.
Diane Arbus (American, 1923–1971) · 1956
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed 1956”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed by Doon Arbus
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. (14.9 x 22.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040125)
- Date
- April 2, 2025
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 76
- Estimate
- $15,000 – $25,000 (≈ £11,587 – £19,312) (≈ €13,885 – €23,142)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗A House on a Hill, Hollywood, CA, 1963
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y., 1970
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Avedon/Paris, 1947-1957
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