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Washington, DC 20565

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America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Edouard Boubat--Paris 17

1959

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet containing numerous small photographs. The contact sheet comprises black-and-white images arranged in rows, depicting various scenes including portraits, outdoor environments, and interiors. Some frames are highlighted with red circles. The contact sheet is a film negative print, showcasing the juxtaposition of different scenes and people in small frames, likely from a sequential roll of film. Each image tells its own story, contributing to the overall narrative conveyed by the contact sheet as a single object.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

overall: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.3196
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64162273

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