
New York skyline in a lobby, NYC
A sweeping mural of the New York City skyline dominates the interior wall of an unassuming lobby, captured with Arbus's characteristic eye for the tension between the grand and the mundane. The photograph draws attention to the quiet strangeness of monumental imagery transplanted into everyday institutional space, blurring the boundary between spectacle and the ordinary. Printed posthumously by Neil Selkirk in gelatin silver, the image carries the luminous tonal depth and unflinching clarity that define Arbus's singular vision.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, printed later by Neil Selkirk.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
October 4, 2018
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