Student looking through microscope, Boston

1947

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image displays a person's upper body, highlighting their head and shoulders as they lean over a microscope. The individual is observing through the microscope's eyepiece. Their facial features are partially obscured due to their posture. The person has fair, long, wavy hair and is wearing a light-colored lab coat. The background is blurred with vague shapes, potentially indicating lab equipment or shelves.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.6 x 24.8 cm (7 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.37.413

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • "Robert Frank." Camera 28 (December 1949): 371.

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: STUDENTIN / 10 m

Wikidata ID

Q64163869

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