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Terrace 1

1954-1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a contact sheet with small black-and-white photographs displayed in a grid. The photos show various subjects, including close-ups of plants, streetscapes, and urban life. Each photo is framed within a rectangular box, and they seem to have been taken in similar settings during the same photographic session. The contact sheet displays film numbers and indicators, as typical of negatives for review before selecting final prints.

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Artwork overview

Medium

contact sheet
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1994.37.760
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Inscriptions

upper right verso in red ink: 1 (circled)

Wikidata ID

Q64165813

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