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Guggenheim 699/Americans 26--Butte, Montana

May 1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a sheet of film negatives. The image shows multiple rows of small rectangular frames capturing various scenes. Several frames depict nighttime industrial structures against a dark backdrop. Some frames show urban landscapes and interior settings featuring furniture and art. The negatives are aligned in different orientations, with some vertical and others horizontal. The sheet has red rectangles around specific frames, possibly to highlight certain images.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 25.1 x 20.2 cm (9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.2148
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Exhibition History

2009

Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q64162898

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