Zoe

June 21, 1980

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a close-up view of a group of daisies at ground level with a soft, blurred aesthetic. In the distance, there is an elevated horizon line with angular rooftops of a structure visible against the sky. The photograph has a monochromatic grayscale palette, contrasting dark shadows with lighter highlights on the petals. The word "POUR LA FILLE" is inscribed in the sky above the daisies. The scene captures a wild and natural arrangement of daisies in a field-like setting, with a gentle sway suggested by the blurring effect.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Collectors Committee by NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Robert Frank: Moving Out, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Yokohama Museum of Art; Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, 1994-1996, no. 133.

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, as Pour la Fille.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl. 96.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 244.

Inscriptions

lower center in black ink: ZOE Juin 21 1980; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; all by later hands: upper left verso in graphite: 134-VI; upper right verso in graphite: LOMH 96 / RF.232 / 134-VI / 16 (circled and crossed out) / 26; lower left verso in graphite: 27

Wikidata ID

Q64161346

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