{"id":566863,"date":"2026-03-28T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/566863\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:00:09","slug":"diane-arbus-photographs-to-headline-bonhams-upcoming-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/566863\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Arbus Photographs to Headline Bonhams Upcoming Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Two-Ladies-at-the-Automat-NYC-1966-by-Diane-Arbus-1923-1971-estimated-at-20000-90000-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Two older women sit at a table, both wearing hats and patterned outfits. One woman holds a cigarette, and there are small bottles on the table. They look at the camera with neutral expressions. The photo is in black and white.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-845457\"  \/>\u2018Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC\u2019, 1966, by Diane Arbus (1923-1971) | Estimated at $20,000 \u2013 $90,000 <\/p>\n<p>A group of photographs by Diane Arbus will headline an upcoming sale at Bonhams in New York, drawn from the personal collection of Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner.<\/p>\n<p>The auction, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonhams.com\/press_release\/41009\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">Lily Tomlin &amp; Jane Wagner: Wit, Women &amp; The Art of Collecting<\/a>, will feature 33 lots of photography and fine art assembled by entertainment icons over the course of their five-decade partnership. The sale places particular emphasis on the photography that Tomlin and Wagner have collected.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Courtship-Teenage-Couple-Hudson-St.-1963-by-Diane-Arbus-1923\u20131971-estimated-at-60000-\u2013-90000.--800x8.jpeg\" alt=\"A young girl and boy stand closely together on a sidewalk, with the girl\u2019s arm around the boy, in front of a brick wall. They both wear coats and look directly at the camera with serious expressions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-845456\"  \/>\u2018Courtship, Teenage Couple, Hudson St.\u2019, 1963, by Diane Arbus (1923\u20131971), estimated at $60,000 \u2013 90,000. <\/p>\n<p>Leading the sale is Diane Arbus\u2019s Courtship, Teenage Couple, Hudson St. (1963), estimated at $60,000 to $90,000. The photograph is considered one of Arbus\u2019s notable portraits from the early 1960s. Arbus\u2019s photograph of the teenage couple on Hudson Street shows a young boy and girl posed with a familiarity that appears beyond their years. Their formal clothing and serious expressions give them the appearance of an older couple. The portrait reflects the direct and observational style that runs through Arbus\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diane-Arbus-1923-1971-Four-People-at-a-Gallery-Opening-N.Y.C.-estimated-at-5000-7000-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Four elegantly dressed people stand together in a formal setting, three men in tuxedos and one woman in a long evening gown, holding drinks and conversing against a plain wall.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-845462\"  \/>Diane Arbus (1923-1971); \u2018Four People at a Gallery Opening, N.Y.C.\u2019 | Estimated at $5,000 \u2013 $7,000 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Julius-Shulman-1910-2009-Case-Study-House-22-Stahl-House-Architect-Pierre-Koenig-Los-Angeles-estimat.jpeg\" alt=\"A modern glass-walled house at night overlooks a city full of lights. People sit inside on stylish furniture, with large windows and ceiling beams framing the dramatic, elevated view.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-845459\"  \/>Julius Shulman (1910-2009); Case Study House #22 (Stahl House, Architect Pierre Koenig, Los Angeles) | Estimated at $6,000 \u2013 9,000<\/p>\n<p>Another work Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC (1966) carries an estimate of $20,000 to $90,000. The image shows two women seated in a New York City automat, holding cigarettes and lighters as they face the camera directly. The setting reflects a style of dining that was already becoming outdated at the time, with food sold from coin-operated machines and eaten at nearby booths. The subjects are presented plainly, seated against a marble wall and looking straight at the viewer. The sale also includes two photographs by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonhams.com\/auction\/32444\/lot\/102\/annie-leibovitz-born-1949-lily-tomlin-on-a-motorcycle-for-vanity-fair\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">Annie Leibovitz,<\/a> both depicting Tomlin and estimated at $3,000 to $5,000. <\/p>\n<p>In parallel with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonhams.com\/auction\/32444\/lily-tomlin-and-jane-wagner-wit-women-and-the-art-of-collecting\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">the live auction on April 8<\/a>, Bonhams will also present an online sale of Tomlin and Wagner\u2019s collection, running from March 31 to April 9. Dedicated exclusively to photography, the sale features more than 50 works by pioneering photographers including Irving Penn, Julius Shulman, and Richard Avedon among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLily Tomlin and Jane Wagner\u2019s collection is a deeply personal reflection of two visionary women whose influence and creative output span generations,\u201d Anna Hicks, Bonhams Head of Private &amp; Iconic Collections, US, says. \u201cEach work speaks to a moment in their life together and embodies the extraordinary partnership that has shaped their remarkable careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Image credits: All photos courtesy of Bonhams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Two Ladies at the Automat, NYC\u2019, 1966, by Diane Arbus (1923-1971) | Estimated at $20,000 \u2013 $90,000 A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[107067,76,354,355,1846,100161,49,48,356,218314,75,218315,218316,218317],"class_list":{"0":"post-566863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-annieleibovitz","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-auction","13":"tag-bonhams","14":"tag-ca","15":"tag-canada","16":"tag-design","17":"tag-dianearbus","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-irvingpenn","20":"tag-juliusshulman","21":"tag-richardavedon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}