The Robert Frank Collection

Collection Access

The Robert Frank Collection at the National Gallery of Art is available to the public for research. To make an appointment in the study room, please call (202) 842-6144 or e-mail photographs@nga.gov. We would like to have at least two weeks' notice for appointments and to be provided with a list of the materials you would like to see.

Rights

Robert Frank owns the copyright to all of his photographic work and correspondence. Reproductions of photographs are not available unless specifically requested and approved by the artist's agent, Pace/MacGill Gallery. If permission is granted for reproduction, please contact the National Gallery for an image and credit line. If any correspondence or other ephemera from the collection is referenced, the author should cite, "The Robert Frank Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington."

 

Robert Frank Collection Guide

The Collection

        Photographs

            Photographs by Other Photographers   

        Work Prints

        Contact Sheets

        Negatives

        Volumes

        Drawing

        Technical Material

        Papers, Books, and Recordings

        Film and Video

Provenance

Biography

Bibliography

Access and Rights