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1952

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

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1951

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Robert Frank

1952


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed across top in black ink: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly / what is essential is invisible to the eye Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; bottom center: sombre people and black events / quiet people and peaceful places / and the things people have come in contact with / this, I try to show in my photographs; on verso, printed bottom center in black ink: cover and layout werner zryd

Wikidata ID

Q77005746


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