Mabou, Nova Scotia

1991

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a transparent glass bottle containing a model of a flamingo standing on a round base, placed on top of a cylindrical, textured pedestal. The color palette is grayscale, with various shades of gray, black, and white. The bottle with the flamingo is situated on the right side of the image, while a bright spot appears in the lower left corner against a soft gradient background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank

  • Dimensions

    image: 42.4 x 55.4 cm (16 11/16 x 21 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 x 60.8 cm (20 x 23 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.147.10

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1996.

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. 63.

Bibliography

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 131.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Mabou 1991; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank

Wikidata ID

Q64161341

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