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Wales 48

March 1953

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This shows a film contact sheet displaying multiple black-and-white images in a series. The sheet features small images from a photographic film strip capturing scenes of landscapes, structures, and silhouettes, potentially showing outdoor settings with mountainous or rugged terrain. Some frames have red or orange wax pencil markings, possibly indicating chosen images. Contact sheets are used in traditional photography for evaluating photographic negatives.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.1992
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

upper left in orange grease pencil: 48; upper right in orange grease pencil: 48; center left in orange grease pencil: 48

Wikidata ID

Q64163686

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