Miles Forst Shoes at Crosby Street

1950

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a pair of dark leather shoes on a wooden floor, with a large potted plant in the background against a plain wall. The color palette is monochrome, with shades of black, white, and gray. The shoes are in the foreground, placed on the floorboards, with the plant directly behind them. Additionally, a portion of another object or surface is visible on the left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.2 x 22 cm (13 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.6 x 27.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.31.2

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York); purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 16.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: MILES FORST SHOES AT CROSBY STREET OCT.1950; lower right in black ink: Robert Frank.; all by later hands: upper right verso in graphite: RF.304 / 2901-II / LOMH 16; center verso in graphite: Vicent / use as guide print / not too dark on wind

Wikidata ID

Q64161402

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