After lunch Connie jokes with other workers outside the factory.

1951

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a group of individuals by a building's exterior. The black and white image captures an informal gathering in an urban setting. The setting features a large trash can filled with various paper materials. Around it, individuals are sitting on a ledge that appears to be part of the building's structure. In the background, there are several long cylindrical objects placed against the wall. The architecture of the building features stone or concrete elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24.2 x 34.1 cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.28.15

  • Series Title

    People You Don't See

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940-59, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 2010, no. 37.

Bibliography

2009

  • Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940-59. Exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Museum, 2009: no. 37.

Inscriptions

on verso, Life magazine label, upper left typed in black ink: LIFE CONTEST ENTRY NO. [by artist in green ink: 507] / NAME [by artist in green ink: Robert Frank] / ADDRESS / STREET CITY STATE [by artist, above in green ink: 53 E. 11th Str. N.Y.C.] / IF WITH U.S. ARMED FORCES, WRITE SERVICE ADDRESS BELOW / TITLE OF PICTURE (OR STORY) [by artist in green ink: People you won't see] / WHERE TAKEN [by artist in green ink: 11th Str.] WHEN [by artist in green ink: August 51] / TYPE OF CAMERA USED [by artist in green ink: Leica] / CAPTION MATERIALS / [by artist in green ink: After Lunch Connie jokes with / other workers outside the factory.] / IF INDIVIDUAL PICTURE CHECK HERE / IF PICTURE STORY THIS IS NUMBER [by artist in green ink: 8] IN STORY [by artist in green ink: 1]; Life magazine label, upper center printed in white ink: THIS PRINT WAS PRESENTED / FOR FINAL JUDGING IN THE / [LIFE magazine logo] LIFE / [in black ink] CONTEST FOR / YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS; by unknown hand, lower right in red ink perpendicular and underlined: 9; typed in black ink on applied label across bottom inverted: After lunch Connie jokes with other workers outside the factory.

Wikidata ID

Q64161105

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