Black, White and Things 25/Lines of My Hand 10--Macy's parade no number

1947

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet containing multiple smaller images depicting scenes from a street or urban environment. The images are arranged in rows with several images lined up in each row. The scenes captured in these small frames vary, showing buildings, street views, and activities or gatherings in an urban setting. The photographs are in black and white, giving them a historical appearance. The contact sheet gives an impression of a collection of related moments captured in time, potentially documenting a single event or location from various angles and moments. The whole contact sheet conveys a sense of nostalgia, as though the viewer is looking back through the archives of a city's past life.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 10 (no frame number).

1994

  • Frank, Robert. Black, White and Things. Washington, 1994: pl. 25 (no frame number).

Wikidata ID

Q64165508

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