Guggenheim 48--Pennsylvania

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet filled with black and white film negatives. The image shows multiple strips of film negatives arranged neatly. Each negative strip displays a sequence of images captured through analogue photography, showcasing various scenes including roads, a motel sign, vehicles, urban and rural landscapes. The layout of the contact sheet indicates a potential narrative or documentary purpose, with images depicting both motion and stillness. The photographs seem to convey a storyline or a collection of frozen moments, each uniquely framed yet united by a theme of travel and discovery.
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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64162026

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