Doon Arbus

Doon Arbus (born April 3, 1945) is an American writer and journalist. Her debut novel is The Caretaker (New Directions, 2020).^[1][2] Her play, Third Floor, Second Door on the Right, was produced at the Cherry Lane Theatre by the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival.^[3][4]

Doon Arbus
Born	(1945-04-03) April 3, 1945 (age 77) New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Writer, journalist
Years active	1965–present
Parents	Allan Arbus Diane Arbus
Relatives	Amy Arbus (sister) Arin Arbus (half-sister) Howard Nemerov (maternal uncle) Alexander Nemerov (maternal first cousin)

Doon Arbus is the elder daughter of actor Allan Arbus and photographer Diane Arbus. She was 26 when her mother committed suicide,^[5] at which time she became responsible for the management of her mother's estate.^[6] She has authored or contributed to five books on Diane Arbus's work, including An Aperture Monograph (Aperture, 1972)^[7] and Revelations (Random House, 2003).^[8] She has also organized numerous photographic exhibitions in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art,^[9] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,^[10][11] and the Jeu de Paume,^[12] among other institutions.

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"^[13] was among the first profiles of the R&B legend and is included in The James Brown Reader (Plume, 2008).^[14][15] 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^[16] (E. P. Dutton, 1973) and Avedon: The Sixties (Random House, 1999).^{[17][18][19][20]}

Published work

Selected articles and criticism

"James Brown Is Out of Sight", New York/The Sunday Herald Tribune Magazine, 1966^[13]
"The Man in the Paper Suit: James Rosenquist", New York/The Sunday World Journal Tribune Magazine, (1966)^[21]
"In Person: The Mothers of Invention", Cheetah, 1967^[22]
"The Autobiography of Michael J. Pollard", Cheetah, 1968^[23][24]
"Dustin Hoffman: I'm Sorry I Couldn't Be Here Tonight", Cheetah, 1968^[25][26]
"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^[27]
"Diane Arbus Photographer", Ms. Magazine, 1972^[28]
"Walker Evans: Allusions to a Presence", The Nation, 1978^[29]
"The Collector: Photographer Peter Beard's Wild Life and Times", Rolling Stone, 1978^[30]

Books

Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (editor and co-designer). New York: Aperture, 1972^[7]
Alice in Wonderland: The Forming of a Company, the Making of a Play (coauthor). New York: E. P. Dutton, 1973^[16]
Magazine Work (editor). New York: Aperture, 1984^[27]
Untitled: Diane Arbus (editor, contributor, and co-designer). New York: Aperture, 1995^[31]
Avedon: The Sixties (coauthor). New York: Random House, 1999^{[17][18][19][20]}
Diane Arbus Revelations (author), New York: Random House, 2003^[8]
Diane Arbus: A Chronology, 1923–1971 (author). New York: Aperture, 2011^[32]
The Caretaker: A Novel (author). New York: New Directions, 2020^[1]

References

1. Arbus, Doon (2020). The Caretaker. New York: New Directions. p. 144. ISBN 978-08112294-9-4. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
2. "The Caretaker book official website". The Caretaker. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
3. Tolkoff, Esther (September 17, 2003). "Third Floor, Second Door on the Right". Backstage. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
4. Thurman, Judith (October 6, 2003). "Exposure Time". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
5. Lubow, Arthur (September 14, 2003). "Arbus Reconsidered". The New York Times.
6. Elisabeth Sussman; Doon Arbus (2011). . New York: Aperture Foundation. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-59711-179-9. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Staff. "Exhibitions Listings". metmuseum.org. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
10. Staff. "SFMOMA Presents Diane Arbus Retrospective". sfmoma.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
11. DeCarlo, Tessa (May 2004). "A Fresh Look at Diane Arbus". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
12. Staff. "Diane Arbus Fotomuseum Winterthur". jeudepaume.org. Jeu de Paume. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
13. Fraden, Angel E. (November 28, 2014). "Editorial: Out of Sight, Out of Mind—How America Failed James Brown". Indie Current. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
14. George, Nelson; Leeds, Alan (2008). The James Brown Reader. New York: Plume. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-4522894-6-8. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
15. Smith, RJ (May 11, 2008). "'The James Brown Reader,' edited by Nelson George and Alan Leeds". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
16. 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.
17. Avedon, Richard; Arbus, Doon (1999). The Sixties. New York: Random House. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-6794092-3-6.
18. Avedon Foundation. "The Sixties 1999 Interviews by Doon Arbus". www.avedonfoundation.org. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
19. Middleton, David. "January Magazine: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times". Collections Canada. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
20. Aletti, Vince. "The Village Voice: Fully Booked". vvstaging.villagevoice.com. The Village Voice. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
21. Arbus, Doon (November 6, 1966). "The Man in the Paper Suit". New York/The World Journal Tribune Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
22. Arbus, Doon (October 1967). "In-Person: The Mothers of Invention". afka.net. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
23. Staff. "Michael Pollard (Alternate with cigarette), NYC". philiips.com. Phillips. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
24. Worthopedia, Worthpoint. "Cheetah Magazine". Worthpoint.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
25. Arbus, Doon (May 1968). "Dustin Hoffman: I'm Sorry I Couldn't Be Here Tonight". No. Volume 8. Cheetah Magazine. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
26. Worthpedia, Worthpoint. "Cheetah Magazine". Worthpoint. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
27. Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon (1984). Magazine Work. New York: Aperture. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-89381-233-1. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. Staff. "Peter Beard Selected Articles". artnet.com. ArtNet. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
31. Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon (1995). Untitled. Aperture. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-59711-190-4. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
32. Arbus, Doon; Sussman, Elisabeth (2011). Diane Arbus: A Chronology. New York: Aperture. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-59711-179-9. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

External links

• Doon Arbus at IMDb
• PEN America profile
• Aperture publications
• New Directions author page
• The Caretaker official website