Doon Arbus

Doon Arbus (born April 3, 1945) is an American writer and journalist. She is the elder daughter of actor Allan Arbus and photographer Diane Arbus. She was 26 when her mother committed suicide,[1] at which time she became responsible for the management of her mother's estate.[2] She has authored or contributed to five books on Diane Arbus's work, including An Aperture Monograph (Aperture, 1972)[3] and Revelations (Random House, 2003)[4]. She has also organized numerous photographic exhibitions in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art[5], the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[6][7] and the Jeu de Paume,[8] among other institutions.

Doon Arbus
Born (1945-04-03) April 3, 1945
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter, journalist
Years active1965–present
Parent(s)Allan Arbus
Diane Arbus
Relatives Amy Arbus (sister)
Arin Arbus (half-sister)
Howard Nemerov (maternal uncle)
Alexander Nemerov (maternal first cousin)

As a freelance journalist in the mid-1960s, alongside other writers like Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, and Robert Benton, she contributed to the New York Herald Tribune's Sunday supplement, New York, one of the earliest proponents of New Journalism. Her articles also appeared in Rolling Stone, The Nation, and Cheetah (magazine). Her 1966 article "James Brown Is Out of Sight"[9] was among the first profiles of the R&B legend and is included in The James Brown Reader (Plume, 2008).[10][11] Arbus was a longtime collaborator of Richard Avedon, with whom she coauthored the books Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, the Making of a Play[12] (E. P. Dutton, 1973) and Avedon: The Sixties (Random House, 1999)[13].

Her play, Third Floor, Second Door on the Right, was produced at the Cherry Lane Theatre by the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival.[14][15] Her first novel is The Caretaker (New Directions, 2020)[16].

Published Work

Selected Articles and Criticism

“James Brown Is Out of Sight,” New York/The Sunday Herald Tribune Magazine, 1966[9]
“The Man in the Paper Suit: James Rosenquist,” New York/The Sunday World Journal Tribune Magazine, (1966)[17]
“In Person: The Mothers of Invention,” Cheetah, 1967[18]
“How Fat Alice Lost 12 Stone (Yes 12 Stone—the Weight of An Average Man!) and Found Happiness, God, and the Chance of a Husband,” The London Sunday Times Magazine, 1969[19]
“The Autobiography of Michael J. Pollard,” Cheetah, 1971[20]
“Diane Arbus Photographer,” Ms. Magazine, 1972[21]
“Walker Evans: Allusions to a Presence,” The Nation, 1978[22][23]
“The Collector: Photographer Peter Beard’s Wild Life and Times,” Rolling Stone, 1978[24]

Books

Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (editor and co-designer). New York: Aperture, 1972[3]
Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, the Making of a Play (coauthor). New York: E. P. Dutton, 1973[12]
Magazine Work (editor). New York: Aperture, 1984[19]
Untitled: Diane Arbus (editor and co-designer). New York: Aperture, 1995[25]
Avedon: The Sixties (coauthor). New York: Random House, 1999[13]
Diane Arbus Revelations (author), New York: Random House, 2003[4]
Diane Arbus: A Chronology, 1923-1971 (author). New York: Aperture, 2011[26]
The Caretaker (author). New York: New Directions, 2020[16]


See also
  • List of people whose parent committed suicide

References
  1. Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times.
  2. Elizabeth Sussman; Doon Arbus (2011). Diane Arbus: A Chronology. New York: Aperture Foundation. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-59711-179-9. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  3. Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon (1972). Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (40th Anniversary ed.). New York: Aperture. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-59711-174-4. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon; Sussman, Elisabeth (2003). Diane Arbus Revelations. New York: Random House. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-3755062-0-8. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  5. Staff. "Exhibitions Listings". metmuseum.org. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  6. Staff. "SFMOMA Presents Diane Arbus Retrospective". sfmoma.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. DeCarlo, Tessa (May 2004). "A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  8. Staff. "Diane Arbus Fotomuseum Winterthur". jeudepaume.org. Jeu de Paume. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  9. Fraden, Angel E. (November 28, 2014). "Editorial: Out of Sight, Out of Mind—How America Failed James Brown". Indie Current. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  10. George, Nelson; Leeds, Alan (2008). The James Brown Reader. New York: Plume. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-4522894-6-8. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  11. Smith, RJ (May 11, 2008). "'The James Brown Reader,' edited by Nelson George and Alan Leeds". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  12. Avedon, Richard; Arbus, Doon (1973). Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, The Making of a Play. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8830650-0-6. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  13. Avedon, Richard; Arbus, Doon (1999). The Sixties. New York: Random House. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-6794092-3-6.
  14. Tolkoff, Esther (September 17, 2003). "Third Floor, Second Door on the Right". Backstage. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  15. Thurman, Judith (October 6, 2003). "Exposure Time". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  16. Arbus, Doon (2020). The Caretaker. New York: New Directions. p. 144. ISBN 978-08112294-9-4. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  17. Arbus, Doon (November 6, 1966). "The Man in the Paper Suit". New York/The World Journal Tribune Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  18. Arbus, Doon (October 1967). "In-Person: The Mothers of Invention". afka.net. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  19. Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon (1984). Magazine Work. New York: Aperture. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-89381-233-1. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  20. Staff. "Michael Pollard (Alternate with cigarette), NYC". philiips.com. Phillips. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  21. Arbus, Diane; Jacob, John P. (2018). Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs. Washington, D.C. & New York: Smithsonian American Art Museum & Aperture. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-59711-439-4. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  22. Staf. "Walker Evans, First and Last". The Unz Review. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  23. Lowenthal, David (1978). The Past Is a Foreign Country. London: Cambridge University Press. p. 676. ISBN 978-0-5216168-5-0. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  24. Staff. "Peter Beard Selected Articles". artnet.com. ArtNet. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  25. Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon (1995). Untitled. Aperture. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-59711-190-4. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  26. Arbus, Doon; Sussman, Elisabeth (2011). Diane Arbus: A Chronology. New York: Aperture. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-59711-179-9. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
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