Wedding, Spain

1952

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a wedding scene with horse-drawn carriages on a street. The overhead view captures a gathering of people, possibly at a wedding, with two horse-drawn carriages parked nearby. One carriage is hitched to two horses and decorated with flowers. The street has a sparse, earthen texture, absent of modern pavement. A child with a bicycle can also be seen to one side. The structure in the foreground appears to be part of a building entrance or courtyard. The group of guests forms a lively, social cluster, their attire suggesting a festive occasion, further emphasized by the presence of flowers.
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Provenance

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

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Wikidata ID

Q64164512

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