Billy, Life Dances On...
c. 1980
Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1994.26.1
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Copyright
© June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, The Lemon Foundation, and Ann L. Ugelow by NGA, 1994.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1989
Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl. 102.
Inscriptions
across bottom in black ink: please use Quote from Film: you shouldn't have done that--I've given you my innermost thoughts. (Bill) / Life dances on...; upper right verso in black ink: Life dances on / 1980 / photos must be returned / to R. FRANK / 7 Bleecker / NYC 10012; lower right verso in black ink: R. Frank.; all by later hands: upper left verso in graphite: 3040-VII / Tirape Valencia; upper right verso in graphite: 3040-VII / LOMH 102 / RF.268 / 10; lower left verso in graphite: 104
Wikidata ID
Q64164045