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Mabou Footage

1979

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows two stacked horizontal panels featuring a coastal landscape. The horizon is at the upper third, separating the sky from the land and sea. The terrain consists of undulating landforms sloping towards the water. The surface has a textured appearance, giving a granular effect. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray and black. A dark vertical band is on the right edge of both panels. Blurred cross-shaped shadows stretch across the panels.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of the Collectors Committee
Dimensions

image: 49.3 x 40.4 cm (19 7/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
sheet: 50.7 x 40.9 cm (19 15/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

1993.33.3
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Pace/MacGill Gallery

Bibliography

1989

Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl. 111.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: MABOU FOOTAGE; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank / 1979

Wikidata ID

Q64161327

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