Mabou, Nova Scotia

1977

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This image is a collage of eight rectangular panels forming a larger rectangular shape. Each panel presents a black and white image featuring vertical structures resembling wooden totems or posts. Some have a weathered look that could abstractly suggest human forms or sentinel-like figures standing in a landscape. In certain panels, these forms are draped with fabric. The emphasis on straight, upright lines against softer horizons creates an abstract contrast in the composition. Red text sprawls across the center panels.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver prints with black marker

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.3 x 80.2 cm (19 13/16 x 31 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.28.27

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

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. 131.

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 94.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, pp. 240-241.

Wikidata ID

Q64164058

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