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Early New York City

c. 1949-1951

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a film contact sheet displaying various scenes. The contact sheet is composed of several rows of film negatives capturing different scenes in black and white. The images show urban or city settings with buildings, cars on streets, and possible advertisements on a wall. Other images show barren trees against the sky. The photographs are in grayscale, providing high contrast visuals that emphasize lighting and shadows.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 21.4 × 27.7 cm (8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2012.139.4
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64166086

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