On ship--New York to Paris 7

1949

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows rectangular shapes resembling frames of film arranged in a collage. The panels have intersecting lines, some resembling ship rigging or sketches. Some panels have grains or dots depicting abstract birds in flight. A red swath of paint in the bottom right creates shapes similar to brush strokes or fragments of letters. Human silhouettes are faintly visible in some frames.
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Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64161960

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