Wales, Ben James and His Wife
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: 34.2 × 22.9 cm (13 7/16 × 9 in.)
sheet: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 10 15/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.154.11
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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: 115.
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Robert Frank.; lower left: BEN JAMES Wales 51.; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 3075-III; upper right: RF.673 / 3075-III
Wikidata ID
Q64161387