Guggenheim 464--"Helen of Troy" permiere, Hollywood

January 1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet featuring black and white negatives. The image shows a sequence of small photographs aligned in rows, commonly used in film photography to preview images captured on a roll of film. The contact sheet features images of interiors with architectural details, including doors labeled "EXIT ONLY," and scenes that suggest theatrical or performance settings with curtains and costumes. Some frames have red markings like circles and question marks, indicating a selection process. The aesthetic is typical of traditional photographic proof sheets used for editing and selecting images for publication or display.
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Provenance

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

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Wikidata ID

Q64161695

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