Robert Frank

signed, titled, and dated in the margin, a copyright stamp on the reverse, 1956, printed later

The Americans, p. 144; Looking In, pp. 293, 479-480, and Contact #68; Story Lines, p. 4

This photograph, on cool-toned, semi-glossy, double-weight paper, is in generally excellent condition. There is a 1/4-inch translucent droplet stain in the lower right corner. A tiny pinpoint surface scuff in the lower left corner is visible in raking light. On the reverse, the photograph is annotated 'Archive 1059,' 'RFG - 48.158,' '65,' and '5 - 201 [crossed out] 238 [written above]' in an unidentified hand in pencil.
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The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows:

signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in ink in the margin, his copyright stamp, credited in an unidentified hand in ink, and annotated 'Cafeteria - San Francisco Americans 68' in an unidentified hand in pencil, on the reverse, matted, 1956, printed later