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Paris

1949-1950

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph featuring a circus caravan. The image displays a section of the caravan with the word "CIRCUS" written in bold letters. A small window with a checkered curtain and the phrase "Silence s.v.p. ma fille dort" on the caravan door are visible. The background includes a tent structure and a ladder leaning against the caravan. The photo showcases a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes of a circus environment.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Dimensions

image: 20.5 x 31.4 cm (8 1/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
sheet: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1993.26.1
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation by NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Pace/MacGill Gallery

Bibliography

1989

Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 19.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Paris 1950; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank

Wikidata ID

Q64163172

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