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Image Not Available for Woman in a bathhouse covering her face, Coney Island, N.Y., 1959.
Woman in a bathhouse covering her face, Coney Island, N.Y., 1959.
Image Not Available for Woman in a bathhouse covering her face, Coney Island, N.Y., 1959.

Woman in a bathhouse covering her face, Coney Island, N.Y., 1959.

Creator Diane Arbus (American, 1923 - 1971)
Date1959; printed 1959-1960
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsMount (Secondary): 28 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Mount (Primary): 18 × 26 cm (7 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift, 2016
Object number2016/789
Place DepictedNew York City, New York, United States
LocationNot currently on display

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