Mrs. T. Charlton Henry on a couch in her Chestnut Hill home, Philadelphia, Pa.

Diane Arbus

1965 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

When this portrait of a society lady was published in Harper's Bazaar, the feature writer's text for the image noted: "Mrs. T. Charlton Henry … weighs a fragile, feminine ninety pounds, but moves through life like Trojan." Although Mrs. Henry-with her jeweled dress and formidable helmet of hair-may have been an atypical Arbus subject, the photographer employed her trademark classical style to capture the power and poignancy of this wealthy upper class woman in the elegant confines of her milieu.

Artist

Diane Arbus

Date

1965

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2001