190
Robert Frank
New Mexico
- Estimate
- $40,000 - 60,000
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print.
1956
8 3/8 x 13 in. (21.3 x 33 cm)
Signed, titled and dated in ink in the margin; titled, dated in pencil, 'Robert Frank Archive', 'Annuals 584' and copyright credit stamps on the verso.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
According to Sarah Greenough’s research in Looking In, Robert Frank at one point considered this image in an alternative sequencing for The Americans. As of this writing, it is believed that a print of this image has never appeared at auction before.
Provenance
Literature
Robert Frank
Swiss | 1924As one of the leading visionaries of mid-century American photography, Robert Frank has created an indelible body of work, rich in insight and poignant in foresight. In his famed series The Americans, Frank travelled the United States, capturing the parade of characters, hierarchies and imbalances that conveyed his view of the great American social landscape.
Frank broke the mold of what was considered successful documentary photography with his "snapshot aesthetic." It is Frank's portrayal of the United States through grit and grain that once brought his work to the apex of criticism, but has now come to define the art of documentary photography.
Browse ArtistFrank broke the mold of what was considered successful documentary photography with his "snapshot aesthetic." It is Frank's portrayal of the United States through grit and grain that once brought his work to the apex of criticism, but has now come to define the art of documentary photography.