Main Street, Caerau, Wales, 3:45pm

1953

Robert Frank

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Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a street scene in an older urban setting. The image captures the corner of a building against the backdrop of a street procession extending towards rolling hills. The facade of the building shows signs of age, with worn plaster exposing bricks beneath. A vintage advertisement for Brasso is displayed on the wall, featuring a cheerful face. Several small signs hang from the side of the building, including "Player's Weights Cigarettes" and "Walls Ice Cream." The street is lined with cobblestones and bordered by other buildings of a similar era, with architectural details like chimneys and arched windows. The scene conveys a sense of a bygone era, enhanced by the play of light and shadow typical of vintage photography.
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Provenance

Robert Frank, New York; (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); Betsy Karel, Washington, DC, 2003; gift to NGA, 2014.

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Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Robert Frank, 1951; on masking tape in lower right corner: MAINSTREET / 14 [circled] / CAERAU / 3.45 PM; by unknown hand, top center in orange crayon: GAMMA / 60 w . 55th; top right corner in green crayon: 112; on white label affixed to top right corner in graphite: RF.666 / 3065 III; center, in white crayon, circled: 7 11/16"; white cross drawn in center verso; lower center, circled: 4 13/16; center right, underlined: No Rules; lower right in orange crayon: Robt. FRANK; on white label affixed to lower left corner, in black ink: LB468

Wikidata ID

Q64163149

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