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11th Street story 40

1951

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet containing multiple black-and-white images of an urban street scene. The contact sheet displays rows of images capturing different city settings, including urban streets, buildings, vehicles, architectural features like columns, and staircases. Numbers are marked on the edges of the film strips. "40" is hand-marked on the sheet. The lighting in the images shows contrasts due to sunlight and shadow.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.1582
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64163350

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