Spain

1952

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a black and white photograph of a bull with a lowered head. The bull's prominent horns are visible, with a stick hooked onto its back. In the background, there is a wooden partition and a person in traditional attire. The play of shadows and light adds to the dynamic atmosphere of the image.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Robert Frank: Moving Out, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Yokohama Museum of Art; Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, 1994-1996, no. 40, as Spain.

Bibliography

1986

  • Robert Frank: New York to Nova Scotia. Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, 1986: 17.

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 35.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 75.

Wikidata ID

Q64161088

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