Die Menschen (People) 25-34

1942-1946

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a series of nine black-and-white photographs, all showing a public event outside a large building. The images are arranged in a grid format, each displaying a crowd around a structure with a large white cross symbol. The scenes show various perspectives of the crowd, some of which are in formal attire. The cross is featured on dark draped fabric. The setting seems to be a square or courtyard near a large building. The space around the photographs is off-white, and each is numbered from 25 to 34, although the space where 30 would be is blank.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 1/4 inch gelatin silver prints mounted on board

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.7 x 21 cm (11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.28.47

  • Series Title

    People, Switzerland

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Robert Frank: Storylines, Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, 2004 - 2005, unnumbered catalogue.

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.

Bibliography

2004

  • Robert Frank: Storylines. Exh. cat., Tate, London; Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona; Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. London: Tate Publishing, 2004.

Inscriptions

upper right in black ink: M; upper right beside each contact print in black ink the numbers 25-34

Wikidata ID

Q64164284

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