Italy--Early Europe 12

1949

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This image is a contact sheet showing multiple photographic film negatives. The strips contain various scenes featuring groups and individual people, with some frames focused on individuals from the chest upwards and others presenting larger groups captured from a distance. Several frames reveal children gathered closely together, some facing the camera directly while others are engaged in activities or conversations. In individual frames, a few people show distinct facial characteristics with visible hair styles, mostly short. Clothing varies, with some people in simple casual attire suitable for outdoor activities. Occasionally, visible posters and buildings in the background hint at an urban outdoor environment, possibly in a public or communal area. Large numbers marked on the contact sheet indicate selection or note specific frames of interest, and a few frames contain unidentifiable objects or scenes. The overall background across the strips is variably filled with mundane elements of a cityscape, including brick walls and open spaces, lending an everyday context to the scenes captured.
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Provenance

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

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Wikidata ID

Q64161457

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