Robert Frank

large-format, signed in ink in the margin, the photographer's copyright stamp, with credit and date in ink, and his 'Robert Frank Archive' stamp, with title, number '409,' and 'Lines 76' in pencil, on the reverse, 1956-59, printed later

Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd., Washington, D. C., 1978

Robert Frank, The Lines of My Hand (Tokyo, 1972), pl. 76

This impressive large print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. There are vertical margins at the right and left sides, and the print is trimmed to the image at the top and bottom edges. The print is signed vertically in the left margin. There is slight rippling at the edges, and there are creases in the left margin edge that do not affect the image. The corners are bumped. On the reverse, there is slight age-darkening at the periphery and overall light soiling. When this print is examined with ultraviolet light, it appears to fluoresce.
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This image was reproduced on the cover of the limited first edition of Lines of My Hand, published by Yugensha, Tokyo, in 1972.