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Subway 6

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet containing multiple small black and white images. The contact sheet shows strips of film with different scenes in vertical rows, such as figures standing together, signage, public transportation settings, and interactions among individuals. There are numbers and marks on the sheet, with one frame marked by a red circle. The contact sheet reveals a raw, spontaneous style of documentary or street photography, capturing slices of everyday life.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
Accession Number

1994.37.896
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

center left in orange pencil: 6 (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q64165348

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