Blind/Love/Faith, Mabou

1981

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image depicts three rectangular sections vertically aligned with varying black and white tones, interspersed with abstract handwritten words. The top section features a curving line forming the word "Blind" above a photo of a head resembling a theatrical or carnival mask. In the middle section, a wooden post extends diagonally with a part of a puppet or doll attached, next to the word "Love." The bottom section shows an inverted view of the head with the word "Faith" written alongside. The overall visual suggests a connection to objects like masks and puppets used in a theatrical play or display.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Mars Foundation, and Jane and Benjamin F. Stapleton, III, by NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 114.

Inscriptions

center left in black ink: Mabou 1981 Robert Frank.; all by later hands in graphite: upper left verso: 2094 III; upper right verso: 2094 VI / 4 (circled) / LOMH 114 / RF.215; lower left verso: 63 (circled); lower right verso: [F]M

Wikidata ID

Q64164049

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