Wales, Ben James
1953
Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019
Robert Frank
Attributed to
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: 22.3 × 33.9 cm (8 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.154.28
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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
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: 80.
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: R. Frank.; lower right: Welsh Coal Miners [illegible scribble] / Ben James 1951; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 300-50-III; upper right: 300-50-III / RF. 706; center inverted RobT / FRANK / C [underlined]; lower right corner: FRANK / 53.787
Wikidata ID
Q64163049