Caerau, Wales

1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image depicts two individuals captured from the waist up. The person in the foreground is blurred, wearing a collared shirt, and facing slightly away from the camera. The person in the background is seen in profile, wearing a mining helmet with a headlamp illuminating their face in a dimly lit setting. The background features wooden beams and structures, indicating a mining environment.
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Artwork overview

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

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.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Robert Frank.; lower left: Wales 1951; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 300-125 III; upper right: 300-125 III / RF.694

Wikidata ID

Q64161379

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