Landscape/Peru

1948

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a black and white view of a dirt road stretching into the distance. The road is center-framed, creating a linear perspective towards the horizon. In the distance, there are low, rolling hills. The sky is filled with dense clouds, suggesting stormy weather. The image is a photograph, focusing on texture and contrast. The color palette is monochrome, emphasizing the stark terrain.

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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

This is a photograph of a group of umbrellas. The image depicts several umbrellas open and in use. The photograph is characterized by a dark atmosphere, with shadows and highlights accentuated by the wet surfaces of the umbrellas. The umbrellas vary in size and shape, with some showing patterns. The details are slightly obscure, giving the image an abstract quality as the forms blend into one another in the dim lighting.

Funeral/Paris

Robert Frank

1951

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

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. 60.

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, illus.p.95.

2009

  • Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009, no. 37.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite, on linen tape hinge: 12

Wikidata ID

Q64163073

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