Tulip--Paris 53A/Lines of My Hand 25/Black White and Things 21

1949-1950

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image depicts a contact sheet of black and white film negatives showing various images of people, flowers, and a piece of handwriting on textured material. The color palette is mainly grayscale with red and yellow overlays in some frames. The images capture people indoors and a bouquet of flowers. The contact sheet is organized into rows of film strips, and a piece of fabric with red and black hearts drawn on it is visible at the top left.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: 25.

1994

  • Black, White and Things. Washington, D.C., 1994: 21.

Wikidata ID

Q64161961

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