Me and My Brother

1968

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image is a black and white photograph featuring a close-up of a man's upper body. In one part of the image, the man is positioned frontally and appears to be wearing a suit jacket and a tie. He has closely cropped, curly hair and a mustache. In the background and partially imposed is a significantly enlarged and blurred image of the man's face, capturing only his eyes and nose area. The background is predominantly dark, allowing the overlap of the two images to stand out. There are no visible accessories or objects being held, and the surroundings are nondescript.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Robert Frank; top left corner in graphite: [grape valeule?] / Foto from "Me and my brother"; top right corner in graphite: 364-VII; bottom left corner in graphite: 102

Wikidata ID

Q64161393

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