Teardrops, New Jersey

1960

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

In the image, there is a vintage car outside a window and a jukebox with a vase of flowers on top inside a diner. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of shades of black, white, and gray. The jukebox and vase are centrally placed on a table, with a salt shaker and an ashtray nearby. Through the window behind the jukebox, the parked car is visible on a snowy day.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Gay Block

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.8 x 44.7 cm (11 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.7 x 50.7 cm (16 x 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.30.1

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from Gay Block by NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl. 54.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: TEARDROPS--New Jersey 1961; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank.; all by later hands: lower right verso in graphite: LOMH 54 / RF.281; lower left verso in graphite: M; MFAH RF# 109

Wikidata ID

Q64161429

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