Die Reportage (Reportage) 25-36

1944-1946

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a collage of twelve black and white photographs depicting industrial and market scenes. Images 25 to 27 show machinery and tools in an industrial setting. Images 28 to 33 depict a rail yard and loading dock with rail cars and workers. Images 34 to 36 show a market area filled with stacked produce crates, with signs advertising items like "Sultana Tablefruit." The photos feature people handling boxes of grapes. The collection visually narrates the process from production to distribution and sale in an early to mid-20th-century commercial setting.
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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: 29.6 x 21 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.28.69

  • Series Title

    Reportage, 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.

Bibliography

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p.44.

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: Ro; upper right beside each contact print in black ink the numbers 25-36

Wikidata ID

Q64164310

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