Guggenheim 490--Twentieth Century Fox film studio, Burbank, California

February 1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of contact sheets showing a series of images taken on a film set. The image is a collection of black and white photographs arranged in a sequence on three separate strips of film, each strip containing multiple frames. The contact sheets are marked with red grease pencil indicating possible selections of interest. The photographs depict a film or television studio environment, capturing various scenes including a director's chair setup, technical equipment, and lighting arrangements. The presence of lighting rigs, backdrops, and a seated person in one frame suggests a focus on the production process. The black and white aesthetic highlights the contrast and depth in each frame, typical of behind-the-scenes documentation in cinematography.
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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64161889

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