Ben James, Caerau, Wales

1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a person holding a bucket inside a room. The photograph captures the interior of a modest room lit by soft natural light coming through an open door. The foreground contains a large, empty metal basin on a textured floor. In the background, there is a cabinet with drawers and various items on top of it. A calendar and a decorative piece are attached to the wall. An open door with a towel or cloth hanging on it is visible, contrasting against the illuminated space beyond the threshold. The play of light and shadows adds a layer of quiet introspection to the scene.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; lower left: BEN JAMES CAERAU WALES; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 300-01-IIIl; upper right corner: 300-01-III / RF.702; upper right: RF-94-178

Wikidata ID

Q64161380

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