South America and Spain 17

1948

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet. The contact sheet displays numerous small black and white photographs that are likely negatives from a roll of film. Each image captures various scenes, including street views, architectural details, interiors of buildings, and possibly more intimate settings like portraits with diverse subjects. The arrangement of the images in a grid format indicates they were developed directly from a film strip, a method used by photographers to review negatives. The scenes present an array of urban and possibly personal imagery. The photographs vary in tone, composition, and subject matter, creating a collage-like narrative on the sheet.
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Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64165312

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