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Washington, DC 20565

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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Jack Kerouac--New York City no number

1961

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a contact sheet with black and white film negatives arranged in strips. Some frames are highlighted, capturing various scenes and individuals, including one person in a room with a tiled ceiling and light, another person wearing a hat, and individual portraits of men with different expressions and postures. There are frames of two individuals sitting and smoking cigarettes. The contact sheet has a dark background, making the negatives stand out. Each strip includes frames marked with numbers along the edges.

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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

1990.28.3272
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64162279

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