Robert Frank - The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Part 2 New York Tuesday, April 4, 2017 | Phillips

The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy...

New York 4 April 2017

  • Provenance

    PhotoCollect, New York, 1992

  • 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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Robert Frank

New York City

1960
Gelatin silver print.
8 7/8 x 13 1/2 in. (22.5 x 34.3 cm)
Signed, titled and dated in ink in the margin.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $10,000

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Part 2

New York 4 April 2017