Gregory Peck, "The Big Country" premiere--Hollywood 25

August 1958

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet featuring multiple negatives in black and white depicting a sequence of events. The sheet contains several rows of small, individual images that capture a bustling urban scene. The nighttime lighting and the presence of many people gathered around parked vehicles on a street can be seen. The contact sheet shows a glamorous event, with crowds lined up along the sidewalks, possibly awaiting or watching an arrival. Cars are in the procession, and people are looking on attentively. Some frames are marked with red wax pencil marks, such as circles and crosses. The images capture the excitement and hustle typical of such public events.
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Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64162660

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