Champs-Elysées

November 11, 1949

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a group of individuals carrying a floral arrangement down a wide, tree-lined avenue in a city. The scene appears to be set on a significant street, as the flowers suggest an event or memorial procession. The buildings flanking the street are large and classic in style, indicating an urban European setting. Trees line both sides of the street. The sky is overcast. There are people lined up along the street, suggesting a public event of significance.

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Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from The Circle of the National Gallery of Art by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 22.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Paris 1950; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 10-130 IV X (circled) / LOMH 22 / RF.293

Wikidata ID

Q64161411

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