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Celebrating American art and artists
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Wright Morris no number

1951

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image is a contact sheet of multiple black-and-white shots of a man from the waist up. The man is standing and facing right or towards the camera in most frames. He has a serious expression, short, dark, combed-back hair, and is wearing a dark suit jacket over a shirt with an indistinct pattern or texture. The background shows outdoor surroundings with grass and trees, suggesting a park setting.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1994.37.957
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: These may blow up O.K. / Hard to judge puss

Wikidata ID

Q64165422

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