Fear of Cancer—Year of the Squirrel

1992

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a collage with three black and white images mounted on a white background with handwritten notes. The left image shows a weathered wooden surface with hand-drawn elements and the words "The Year of the" and "TAKE CARE." The middle image displays a seascape under a cloudy sky with handwritten notes. The right image depicts a hand holding a small object and writing "Year of Terror" on a wooden surface with a pinned paper featuring a nature-related image or texture. Below the images, the phrase "TAKE CARE" is written multiple times in various sizes and orientations.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 gelatin silver prints with tape and black ink

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 63.5 × 100.97 cm (25 × 39 3/4 in.)
    framed: 66.04 × 105.41 × 3.81 cm (26 × 41 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4978

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Andrea Frank Foundation / Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran's Photography Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 12 – December 8, 2003

2010

  • No Man's Land: Photography Across Categories, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 11, 2010 – January 30, 2011

Inscriptions

signed by artist, center below image in black ink: in Mabou Nova Scotia April 1985 Robert Frank.; lower left: [line] / TAKE CARE; lower center: [line] / TAKE CARE; lower right: Now / NOW / [line] / TAKE CARE

Wikidata ID

Q64161228

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