Wales 1

March 1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of photographic negatives. The image shows several strips of photographic negatives laid out horizontally. Each strip contains a series of small, individual frames depicting various scenes. Most of the negatives are in black and white, and they are interspersed with a few solid black frames. There are numbers printed along the edges of the strips. The top strip features some blurred images with a mash of grey tones. In the middle area, some frames have been marked or edited with crosses. On the lower strip, there is a noticeable red circle around a particular frame. The format suggests these are contact sheets used in photography to preview the images captured on film.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left in red grease pencil: 1 (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q64163238

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