Pablo and Sandy, Life Dances On...

1978

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a grid of four black and white photographs featuring two individuals. Each photograph captures the head and shoulders of the individuals. The man in the forefront has shoulder-length dark hair with a full beard and mustache. He appears shirtless. Behind him is a woman with curly, voluminous hair. The setting appears to be indoors, with a plain backdrop. There is handwritten text at the bottom of the image, which reads "Nelson Pablo with Sandy."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.4 x 35.1 cm (10 x 13 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.1 x 35.4 cm (11 1/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.17.7

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1993.

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. 141.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 101.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 255.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: MY SON PABLO with SANDY; lower right verso in black ink: from: Life dances on / 1981 / R. Frank; all by later hands: upper left verso in graphite: 3041A VII / tirape Valencia; upper right verso in graphite: 3041AVII / LOMH 101 / RF.270; T4 / 12; center verso in graphite: Robert Frank; lower left verso in graphite: 703

Wikidata ID

Q64161544

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