Robert Frank - Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation New York Thursday, April 4, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Christie's, New York, 6 October 1998, lot 325

  • Exhibited

    American Scene Photography: Martin Z. Margulies Collection, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, 30 October 2014 – 22 March 2015

  • Literature

    NSU Art Museum, American Scene Photography: Martin Z. Margulies Collection, exhibition catalogue, p. 63

  • Artist Biography

    Robert Frank

    Swiss • 1924

    As 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.

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New York City

1949
Gelatin silver print, possibly an early print.
13 x 7 5/8 in. (33 x 19.4 cm)
Signed, dated, and annotated 'NYC' in pen in the margin; 'Robert Frank Archive' and copyright credit stamp on the verso.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $8,890

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Caroline Deck
Senior Specialist, Photographs
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Worldwide Head of Photographs and Chairwoman, Americas
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Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation

New York Auction 4 April 2024