Welsh Miners

1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows the upper body of two individuals seated closely together. The person in the foreground leans slightly forward with an intense expression. Their face is rugged, and they appear to have short hair beneath a rounded cap, with facial features that include a pronounced jawline and prominent cheekbones. They are wearing a heavy, dark coat over a buttoned vest and a shirt, all topped with a patterned scarf. The person also has a wide belt visible at their waist. The second person in the background sits slightly to the side, turned toward the camera, wearing similar clothing, including a cap and coat with a scarf. The scene appears to be inside a dimly lit space, with a faint softness in the background.
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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

1953

  • Post-War European Photography, Museum of Modern Art, 1953.

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. 48.

2003

  • "Robert Frank: London/Wales", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003.

2004

  • Robert Frank: Storylines, Tate, London; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona; Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, 2004 - 2005, unnumbered catalogue.

2009

  • Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009, unnumbered catalogue.

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 40.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 84.

2004

  • Robert Frank: Storylines. Exh. cat., Tate, London; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona; Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. London: Tate Publishing, 2004.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; all by later hands: on sticker, upper right verso in graphite: 3032-III / LOMH 41; upper right verso in black ink: M; on sticker, lower center verso stamped in red ink: THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / 11 WEST 53RD STREET NEW YORK / POST-WAR EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY / ARTIST: Robert Frank / TITLE: WELSH MINERS / CIRCULATING EXHIBITION NO. / MUSEUM NO. 53.789 / BOX NO. 2

Wikidata ID

Q64161084

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