City of London

1952

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a person crossing a street in a city. The individual is wearing formal attire and holding an umbrella while walking over a zebra crossing. In the background, there are classic cars and architectural buildings. The image is in black and white.

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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.

2004

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

2016

  • Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2016, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl.46.

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 in black ink: London 1952; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; all by later hands: upper right verso in graphite: 2090 III (L) / 5 LOMH 46; center verso in graphite: 295mm / Du 1 / S 4; lower left verso in graphite: MFAH RF#34; lower right verso in graphite: Return here / ersehzt: zwei Tuyens in Valencia / Banker London / Frank

Wikidata ID

Q64161386

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