Andrea, Mabou

1977

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

Sid Kaplan

Printer, American

This is a photographic collage consisting of four different black and white images. The top left image shows fractured ice on a body of water with grassy land in the foreground and the words "AN IDEA" above the ice. In the top right image, a lone telephone pole stands near the edge of a landscape with a calm sea under a cloudy sky. The bottom left image shows a narrow upright structure with cylindrical shapes against a stark landscape with a pole nearby. The bottom right image shows parts of a nautical-themed painting in an ornate frame being held up, introducing depth through fragmented photography techniques. The collage combines natural scenes with human intervention and visual artistry, creating layered themes.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Robert Frank: Moving Out, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Yokohama Museum of Art; Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, 1994-1996, no. 130.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 98.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 239.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Mabou; lower center in black ink: 1977; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank; all by later hands: upper left verso in graphite: 2025 VI; upper center verso in blue pencil: SA / 52%; upper right verso in graphite: RF.212 2025 VI / LOMH 98 / 32 (circled) / 14; center right verso in blue ballpoint pen: PRINTER: KAPLAN 6/78 #3; lower left verso in graphite: Andrea 1977; lower left verso in graphite: 214 / 214; lower center verso on sticker in graphite: Robert Frank / Andrea, 1977 / RF.160

Wikidata ID

Q64164044

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