Brattleboro, Vermont

1979

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a diptych photograph featuring two connected sections showing interior scenes with televisions and text. The left section displays a silhouette of a figure near the television and graffiti-like text reading "I AM MAKE ME LOVE TO ME." The torn central part reveals a contrast between the two sides. The right section shows a figure next to a television with scribbled text below. The composition has high contrast and a grainy texture, giving it an aged, conceptual look. The background has a blue hue with handwritten captions indicating the date, location, and possibly a title. The image conveys introspection or commentary on media and self-perception.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchase with donated funds from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation 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. 142, as....

Bibliography

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, pp. 256-257.

Inscriptions

across bottom in black ink: December 25th 1979 Brattleboro Vt. The Latch's Hotel; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank

Wikidata ID

Q64164061

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