Life-Raft-Earth, San Francisco

1969

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.2 x 24.2 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 x 27.9 cm (13 15/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.17.4

  • Copyright

    © June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 83 (variant).

Inscriptions

lower center verso in black ink: LIFE RAFT EARTH / San Francisco; lower right verso in black ink: Robert Frank; vertical along right edge on tape in black ink: REVERSE WHITE (crossed out) BLACK SIDE to white; all by later hand: lower right on tape in red ink: s.s. 105 (circled); upper left verso in graphite: 301-50 VII; upper right verso in graphite: 301-50 VII / Life Raft Earth / LOMH-83 variant / RF 273

Wikidata ID

Q64161399

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