Look Out For Hope, Mabou--New York City

1979

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is an image depicting a city scene with a large equestrian statue and a message on a wall. The upper part shows a street view with the equestrian statue on a pedestal. Blurred figures in the foreground indicate movement in the urban setting. The lower portion displays a wall with the phrase "LOOKOUT FOR HOPE" carved into it. The composition contrasts the active street environment with the isolated message. The monochrome color scheme gives the image a classic look and connects the vibrant city scene with the meaningful text.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund by NGA, 1994.

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. 134.

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 245.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl. 116.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 245.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: 1979 Mabou N.S; lower right in black ink: New York City 1979; Robert Frank.; all by later hands: upper left verso in graphite: 2222IV; upper right verso in graphite: RF.214 / LOMH 116 / 2222IV

Wikidata ID

Q64164050

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