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City of Ambition: Artists and New York, 1900-1960

July 3, 1996–October 27, 1996

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Works of art

Mrs. Dagmar Patino, photographed at the Grand Opera Ball benefiting Boys-town of Italy, Sheraton-East Hotel, Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Mrs. Dagmar Patino, photographed at the Grand Opera Ball benefiting Boys-town of Italy, Sheraton-East Hotel, 1960

Hezekiah Trambles,"The Jungle Creep", performs five times a day at Hubert's Museum, 42nd & Broadway, Times Square, Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Hezekiah Trambles,"The Jungle Creep", performs five times a day at Hubert's Museum, 42nd & Broadway, Times Square, 1960

Walter L. Gregory, also known as The Mad Man from Massachusetts, photographed in the city room of "The Bowery News.", Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Walter L. Gregory, also known as The Mad Man from Massachusetts, photographed in the city room of "The Bowery News.", 1960

Andrew Ratoucheff, actor, 56, in his Manhattan rooming house following a late show performance of his specialty: imitations of Marilyn Monroe, and Maurice Chevalier singing "Valentina.", Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Andrew Ratoucheff, actor, 56, in his Manhattan rooming house following a late show performance of his specialty: imitations of Marilyn Monroe, and Maurice Chevalier singing "Valentina.", 1960

PERSON UNKNOWN, City Morgue, Bellevue Hospital, Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

PERSON UNKNOWN, City Morgue, Bellevue Hospital, 1960

Flora Knapp Dickinson, Honorary Regent of the Washington Heights Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution., Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Flora Knapp Dickinson, Honorary Regent of the Washington Heights Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution., 1960