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Wales 27

March 1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a contact sheet with small black and white images in a grid layout. The images show different scenes without specific context. The rows capture various settings, with a mix of indoor and outdoor environments featuring groups and movement. Some images are marked with crosses, circles, and arrows in black, blue, and red. The contact sheet gives insight into the analog photography process and the selection/editing phase of photography work.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 20.3 x 25.8 cm (8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.1971
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

lower left in red grease pencil: 27

Wikidata ID

Q64163251

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