Subway portraits--Early New York City no number

early 1950s

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a film strip with several frames. The film strip consists of black and white images depicting scenes in an urban environment and individuals seated in a public transportation setting. The strip showcases a sequence of images, suggesting movement through different moments in time. On one end of the strip, there is a scene with large inflated objects on a city street surrounded by a crowd. Other frames capture seated subjects in an interior space like a train or subway car, indicated by visible signage and seating arrangement.
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Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

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Wikidata ID

Q64161216

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