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London 48

1952-1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet showing various urban street scenes. The full-description includes a series of black and white images laid out in a grid format. Each image captures candid scenes from a city environment. The scenes feature streets bordered by brick buildings. The images vary in composition, some showing wide views of empty streets, while others focus on detailed interactions with the urban setting. The top left corner of the contact sheet prominently displays a large red number '48'.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 20.3 x 25.7 cm (8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.1913
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

center left in orange grease pencil: 48

Wikidata ID

Q64163264

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