City of London

1952

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows two men standing on a sidewalk. The man in the foreground has his back to the camera and is holding something in his right hand. The other man is walking towards the camera on the left side. Both men are wearing dark coats, gray-checkered trousers, and bowler hats. The man in the foreground has his facial features obscured, while the other man has a mustache. Buildings line the street on both sides, and there are more people and vehicles in the background. The weather appears foggy, and there are poster signs on a wall to the right of the frame.

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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

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