White line--Early New York City 17/Lines of My Hand 13/Black White and Things 20

1951

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet featuring multiple black and white images. It shows small photographs arranged in rows depicting scenes of urban life, including street views with cars, buildings, and street signs like a "DETOUR" sign. The images show various angles and perspectives capturing moments of daily city life, urban architecture, and movement with dynamic car positioning and blurred figures. The black and white photographs evoke nostalgia, and handwritten notes on the sheet suggest a personal or professional annotation, possibly indicating an editing or selection process by the photographer.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: 13.

1994

  • Black, White and Things. Washington, D.C., 1994: 20.

Wikidata ID

Q64163414

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