City of London

1952

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

Robert Frank

Media Options

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from The Howard Gilman Foundation by NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • "Hold Still-Keep Going", Museum Folkwang Essen; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, 2000-2001.

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, no. 18.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl. 47.

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 left verso in black ink: LONDON-BANKER 52-; lower right verso in black ink: Robert Frank.; upper right verso in graphite: LOMH 47; center verso in graphite: RobT / FRAnk / c; lower left verso in graphite: MFA, H RF# 35; lower right verso in graphite: FRANK / 53.861

Wikidata ID

Q64161085


You may be interested in

Loading Results