14e arrondissement

1951-1952

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a street scene with a flower vendor and a customer. The image captures an outdoor market setting where abundant flowers in planters are being displayed under a fringed canopy. In the foreground, flowers like roses and other blooms are vividly presented. The background features several storefronts with signs written in French. The overall atmosphere suggests a spontaneous moment in a bustling street market, with signs of everyday life from the visible architecture and storefronts around. The photograph is composed in black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jane P. Watkins

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 26.5 x 34.1 cm (10 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.173.6

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jane P. Watkins, Ketchum, ID; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Robert Frank: Flower is.... Tokyo, 1987, pl. 4.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Paris; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; all on verso: upper right stamped in black ink: Gamma Picture Agency stamp; lower center in black ink: Flowers Paris 1951 / R Frank

Wikidata ID

Q64161097

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