Episode 7: Diane Arbus and the Monster Club

In this episode, I tell the story of how I got to research a very rare photograph by Diane Arbus that she took while on assignment for a magazine called Famous Monsters of Filmland. The photograph features 5 youngsters on the stoop of their rowhouse in Queens, sporting monster masks. It was was sold at Sotheby’s on 3 October 2019.

Diane Arbus, Jim Warren’s Famous Monsters Fan Club, Queens, New York, Chapter, 1962, courtesy The Estate of Diane Arbus, David Zwirner and Fraenkel Gallery