Lot 5
  • 5

Robert Frank

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Frank
  • 'NYC' (Bar – New York City)
  • Gelatin silver print
signed, titled, and dated '1955' in ink in the margin, the archive and copyright stamps, with credit, date, and annotations in pencil or ink, on the reverse, framed, a Bloom Collection label on the reverse, 1955, printed in the 1970s

Provenance

Christie's New York, 13 April 1998, Sale 8884, Lot 345

Literature

The Americans, no. 43

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 262 and 472, and Contact no. 43

LIFE Library of Photography: The Art of Photography, p. 140

Robert Frank (Aperture), p. 41

Sue Davis, Ainslie Ellis, et al., Concerning Photography: Some Thoughts About Reading Photographs, pl. 13

Robert Frank, Robert Frank, pl. 42

Jonathan Green, American Photography: A Critical History, 1945 to the Present, p. 91

Sarah Greenough and Philip Brookman, Robert Frank: Moving Out, p. 185

Robert Frank: Story Lines, frontispiece 2

Condition

This print, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. The lower left margin corner is lightly bumped. On the reverse of the print, 'The Americans 43,' 'Bar- New York City,' and '823' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil in the archive stamp. 'Robert Frank 1980' is written in ink in the copyright stamp and '213' (circled) appears in pencil under the copyright stamp.
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Catalogue Note

As of this writing, it is believed that this is the only print of this image to have appeared at auction.