Subway 9

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a contact sheet displaying several black-and-white film negatives arranged in strips on a black background. The negatives show sequences of photographs capturing urban life scenes, possibly in a subway or train station setting. The images depict various figures engaged in different activities and include shots of architecture, people, and transit vehicles. There are handwritten red numbers "9" on two sections of the sheet. The photographs collectively convey a narrative of movement and routine in bustling city environments.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper left in orange pencil: 9 (circled); lower left in orange pencil: 9 (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q64165351

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