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Call Number:

PH-00454

Collection Name:

Eve Arnold Photography Collection

Creator:

Arnold, Eve (1912 - 2012)

No. of Items:

55 photographs

Span Dates:

1950-1987

Description:

The collection consists of 55 photographic prints (33 silver gelatin prints; 12 gelatin silver contact sheets; 7 chromogenic color prints; 3 silver-dye bleach print) by Eve Arnold (American, 1912-2012). The time period represented is 1950 to 1987. Subjects follow.

993:0015:0001 -- Buddhist Monks Studying Sutras, Cold Mountain Monastery, Soochow, 1979. From the portfolio In China. Silver-dye bleach print, 30.8 x 25.1 cm;
997:0134:0001-0012 -- Joan Crawford, 1956 and/or 1959. Gelatin silver prints (contact sheets);
999:0004:0001 -- Arthur Miller shows Marilyn a few steps for her dance scene in The Misfits - like his father had danced - during filming of The Misfits. Nevada, 1960;
999:0031:0001 -- Self-portrait in a distorting mirror, 42nd Street, New York, 1950. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0002 -- Charlotte Stribling, a.k.a. Fabulous fashion show, Harlem, 1952. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0003 -- Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1950. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0004 -- Migrant sewing potato sack, Montauk, Long Island, 1951. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0005 -- Bar girl in a brothel, Havana, 1954. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0006 -- Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy,House Committee on Un-American Activities, Washington, D.C., 1954. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0007 -- Paul Newman, Actor's Studio, New York, 1955. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0008 -- Marilyn Monroe, airport ladies' room, Chicago, 1955. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0009 -- Marilyn Monroe on tour, Bement, Illinois, 1955. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0010 -- Marilyn Monroe in Long Island, New York, 1955 (formerly listed as Marilyn Monroe, Press conference, New York, 1956). Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0011 -- Integration party, Alexandria, Virginia], 1958. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0012 -- Baby and mother's hands, five minutes after birth, Port Jefferson, Long Island, 1959. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0013 -- Andy Warhol lifting weights, Silver Factory, New York, 1964, printed 1999. Gelatin silver print. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0014 -- Joan Crawford, makeup session, New York, 1959. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0015 -- Joan Crawford, on soundstage, New York, 1959. Silver-dye bleach print;
999:0031:0016 -- Arthur Miller demonstrates (with Marilyn Monroe) steps appropriate for a scene in The Misfits, Nevada, 1960. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0017 -- Marilyn Monroe, studio session, Hollywood, 1960. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0018 -- One of four girls who share an apartment, London, 1963. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0019 -- Daughter of an African ruler at the French Lycee, London, 1964. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0020 -- Lesbian wedding, Clapham Common, London, 1965. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0021 -- Vanessa Redgrave dressing for the role of Anne Boleyn in A Man for All Seasons, England, 1966. Silver-dye bleach print;
999:0031:0022 -- Brides of Christ at their wedding, Godalming, England, 1965. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0023 -- Hydrotherapy for political prisoners, psychiatric hospital, Moscow, 1966. Gelatin silver print;
999:0031:0024 -- Divorce, Moscow, 1966;
999:0031:0025 -- Teacher in literacy class, Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates, 1970;
999:0031:0026 -- A woman using her thumbprint to sign her bankslip, Dubai, Arab Emirates, 1970;
999:0031:0027 -- Retired worker, Gwelin, China, 1979;
999:0031:0028 -- Haitian migrant watermelon picker, Immokalee, Florida, 1981;
999:0031:0029 -- Isabella Rossellini, Finland, 1985;
999:0031:0030 -- Mikhail Baryshnikov in rehearsal, New York, 1987;
999:0031:0031 -- Marlene Dietrich, recording session, New York, 1952;
999:0031:0032 -- Sailor and his family, Newport News, Virginia, 1954;
999:0031:0033 -- Malcolm X collecting money for the Black Muslims, Washington, D.C., 1960;
999:0031:0034 -- Joan Crawford, massage, New York, 1959;
999:0031:0035 -- Marilyn Monroe rehearsing a scene from The Misfits, Nevada, 1960;
999:0031:0036 -- Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, during the filming of Becket Shepperton, England, 1963;
999:0031:0037 -- Psychiatric hospital, Moscow, 1966;
999:0031:0038 -- Maternity Ward, Nqutu, Zululand, 1973;
999:0031:0039 -- Horse training for the militia, Inner Mongolia, 1979;
999:0031:0040 -- Prisoners, Sugarland, Texas, 1982;
2003:0036:0001 -- A Sheikha in Her Harem, Arab Emirates, 1970. Chromogenic color print.

Accession No(s):

2003:0036:0001 -- Gift, 2003; 993:0015:0001; 997:0134:0001-0012; 999:0004:0001; 999:0031:0001-0040; 2003:0036:0001; 999:0031:0001-0040 -- Gift, 1999 (G 11481)

Location(s):

Arnold, E., Box 1 (999:0031:0001-0012)
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Arnold, E., Box 2 (999:0031:0013-0023)
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Arnold, E., Box 3 (993:0015:0001; 999:0031:0024-0030; 999:0004:0001; 2003:0036:0001)
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A Box, Medium (997:0134:0001-0012)
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Flat File (999:0031:0031-0040)
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See Also:

Magnum Photos Photography Collection: Many additional photographs by Arnold are located throughout the Magnum Photos Photography Collection (PH-02276).