Untitled (Letter to Sarah Greenough)

December 19, 1994

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows two large potted plants on a windowsill. One plant is small in a glass container, and the other is larger with a lotus-like shape. The color palette is black and white. The plant on the left is slightly in the background and leans towards the glass, while the plant on the right is prominently in the foreground, slightly left of the center. A diagonal dark streak crosses the image. Light streams through a window in the background. Below the image, handwritten text in black ink starts with "Dear Sarah," with several lines filling the space on a white background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print and black ink

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sarah Greenough

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.7 × 11.2 cm (5 13/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 24.4 cm (11 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.192.1

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Frank, New York; Sarah Greenough, Washington, DC, 1994; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right in black ink: Robert.; by artist, across bottom under image: Dec 19.94 / Dear Sarah—So soon it’s the end of / the year. It has the big shadow of / Pablo’s life and death for as long / as I’m around. The show has its / own road ahead of it. I am glad— / it sort of pulls me along and at / the same time pushes away—from me. / I want you to know how much I / understand your commitment to my / work—how your sensitivity to all the / images created a book and a show: MOVING OUT / It has given me pleasure and support / I salute and I thank you

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