Guggenheim 54/Detroit 24

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet featuring multiple black and white photographs capturing various scenes such as interiors and exteriors of buildings and cars. The contact sheet shows a series of smaller images depicting everyday life scenes, with details of retail settings, roadside environments, signage, and storefronts. Some images are marked with colored outlines, potentially indicating a selection or emphasis on specific frames. The contact sheet layout hints at a process used in traditional film photography for selecting and reviewing photographs. The presence of cars and identifiable signs provides insight into mid-20th-century American life.
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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64162030

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