11th Street story 36

1951

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet composed of 24 black and white images taken in an urban environment. The images are all framed within small squares, resembling classic film stock contact sheets. Each frame captures various city scenes, including vehicles, streets, and buildings, with images predominantly focusing on old cars, storefronts, and street life reminiscent of a mid-20th-century urban setting. The contact sheet shows a range of subjects, some focusing on a delivery truck, while others depict various activities around a city block, providing a sequential narrative of a specific place or event.
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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64163500

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