Washington, DC

1960

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a photograph overlapping a newspaper page. The central part of the image reveals a photograph of a man shown from the waist up. The man is standing, with a slight lean forward, and appears to be smiling. His facial features are clearly visible with a clean-shaven face and short hair. He is wearing a light-colored shirt with suspenders, and a camera hangs from his neck. The background within the photograph includes a building with classical architectural details, such as columns, and a flagpole with the American flag flying atop. This photograph is layered over a newspaper backdrop, which prominently displays various headlines and sections of printed text with visible headlines such as "81 Killed in GI Plan."
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from The Robert and Anne Bass Fund by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 73.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Washington DC 1960; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 301-VIII (L) / LOMH 73 / RF 290

Wikidata ID

Q64164040

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