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Guggenheim 59/Americans 69--Detroit

June 1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a contact sheet featuring black-and-white images. The sheet contains multiple rows of photographs displaying various scenes from everyday life, including indoor and outdoor environments, vehicles, public or social gatherings, and groups of people who have been intentionally excluded from identification. Some negatives are marked with red grease pencil. The sheet offers a glimpse into the photographer's process of selecting images for enlargement or publication, showing slices of life in a candid, documentary style.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.2190
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64161596

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