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City of London 7

1952-1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a contact sheet with multiple film negatives. The contact sheet displays rows of individual frames showing different urban scenes, buildings, alleyways, streets, vehicles, and architectural elements. Some frames are marked with ink. The contact sheet allows for inspecting multiple images before choosing which to print. The photographs likely capture daily life in a city with different lighting and compositions.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.1937
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

upper center in black ink: 7; center in black ink: 7

Wikidata ID

Q64163587

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