Valencia

1952

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image features three men on a beach: a man in a sailor uniform on the left, a man in a military-style uniform inspecting something, and another man in military attire facing downward. The sailor is in a dark top with a collar and a tied scarf, while the military men wear buttoned jackets and caps, with one cap having a tassel. The background shows a beach, ocean with small waves, a sailboat, and a distant figure, potentially a young girl walking near the water. A wooden display case displays various pinned images of animals and people in traditional attire. A card table with a printed image stands nearby on sandy ground. The sky is cloudy.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 33.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: VALENCIA 1952; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; all by later hand: on tape, lower right in pink felt-tip pen: BOTTOM: 52 1/2% 41

Wikidata ID

Q64163142

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