Wales, Ben James and His Family
1953
Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019
Robert Frank
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
Gift of Betsy Karel, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
image: 21.7 × 33 cm (8 9/16 × 13 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.154.10
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Copyright
© June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert Frank, New York; (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); Betsy Karel, Washington, DC, 2003; gift to NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2003
Robert Frank: London/Wales, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 10-July 14, 2003
2004
Storylines: Robert Frank, Tate Modern, London, 28 October 2004 - 23 January 2005; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 8 February - 11 April 2005; Fotomuseum Winterthur and Fotostiftung Schweiz, 3 September - 20 November 2005
2016
Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 16 March 2016 - 19 June 2016
Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2016, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
2003
Robert Frank: London/Wales. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003: 119.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, lower left in black ink: Robert Frank.; lower right: The James Family in Caerau Wales; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: RF.671 / 300-161-III; center: 42 1/2 cms wide / CCYB
Wikidata ID
Q64163107