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Cowboys 1/Americans 65--New York City

September 1954

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of multiple contact sheet images featuring scenes with cowboys, horses, and urban environments. The contact sheets display a series of black and white images. The images show activities including interactions between cowboys dressed in traditional attire and scenes of horses on urban pavements. The photographs capture dynamic moments with rich contrasts, various angles, and compositions, bringing out the texture and movement in each shot.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.2186
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64161570

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