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Shoe Shine

c. 1948

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a film strip featuring black and white images. The film strip contains a series of slightly blurred images of a man in various poses. The frames show the man leaning, holding a piece of paper, and objects. The composition includes both focused shots of the man and abstract background elements hinting at an urban environment. The strip is numbered.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 25.2 × 3.5 cm (9 15/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2012.139.2
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Frank, New York; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64166084

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