Wales, Ben James

1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a low angle view of a path with a solitary figure walking away. There is a distant industrial area with a structure and a tall chimney. In the background, a plume of smoke or steam rises, and there are two sheep on the rugged terrain to the right. The image is in monochrome, emphasizing shades of grey and black.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Frank, New York; (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); Betsy Karel, Washington, DC, 2003; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Robert Frank: London/Wales, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 10-July 14, 2003

2016

  • Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 16 March 2016 - 19 June 2016

  • Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2016, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Robert Frank.; by unknown hand, upper center in orange crayon: GAMMA 60 w. 55th [underlined and in superscript]; on white label affixed to top right corner in graphite: RF. 705 / 3080-III; center circled in brown crayon: [illegible]; center left in orange crayon, [illegible]; lower center in orange crayon: RobT. FRANK; on strip of masking tape affixed to lower right in black ink: 6.45 AM / 4 [circled] THE PITHEAD

Wikidata ID

Q64163069

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