Guggenheim 326--Port Gibson, Mississippi

November 1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a series of contact sheet images showcasing outdoor scenes. The contact sheet contains various black and white images laid out in a grid format. The images depict scenes of groups of people and vehicles. One repeated motif in these images is a truck with people gathered around or on it. Several pictures show a building labeled "Port Gibson Bank." The photos seem to be taken in a rural area, given the open fields and tree-lined backgrounds visible in many of the frames. The use of black and white film adds a timeless quality to the scenes, emphasizing the documentary nature of the collection.
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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64161842

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