London

1952-1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a foggy urban street scene with a row of terraced houses and a vehicle parked on the side of the road. The photograph captures a street lined with terraced houses disappearing into the fog. The sidewalk on the left is made of large stone slabs, some cracked. A figure is seen at one end of the pavement. A vehicle with an open door is parked on the right. The scene is enveloped in a soft haze, giving it a timeless and eerie feel with a focus on light and shadow amidst the fog. The image is in black and white.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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. 45, as London.

2003

  • "Robert Frank: London/Wales", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 49.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 81.

Inscriptions

all by later hands: upper left verso in graphite: 2509-III; upper right verso in graphite: 2509-III; lower left verso in graphite: F 15; X; lower right verso in graphite: Bob

Wikidata ID

Q64161523

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