Robert Frank - Photographs New York Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist

  • Literature

    Scalo, Robert Frank: Moving Out, p. 147
    Switch, n.d., p. 37

  • Catalogue Essay

    This work is accompanied by the rare Japanese publication Switch in which the current lot is illustrated.

  • 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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Allen Ginsberg 34 Third Ave NYC

1959
Gelatin silver print, printed 1970-1972.
12 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (31.4 x 21.6 cm)
Signed, titled and dated in ink in the margin.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $10,000

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Photographs

2 October 2012
New York