Construction worker--New York City

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image depicts the head of a person emerging from a trench or hole in the ground. The individual is positioned so that only their head is visible above the edge of the trench, with their body obscured by the dirt. The person has a slender face and short hair, covered by a knit cap, and a cigarette in their mouth. In the foreground, a shovel is resting on the dirt. The background shows a street scene with parked cars and a building with a sign for a "Stuyvesant Bar." Two vintage cars are parked parallel to the sidewalk.
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The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

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Wikidata ID

Q64165143

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