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Subway 12

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a contact sheet with multiple black and white film negatives showing scenes from a subway or train setting. The images depict interiors of train cars, passengers inside the train, train doors, station platforms, and close-up details of the environment. One image is marked with the number "12."

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)
Accession Number

1994.37.902
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

upper center in orange pencil: 12 (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q64165354

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