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Robert Frank
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Robert Frank
- LONDON
- Gelatin silver print
- 12 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches
flush-mounted, signed, titled, and dated, the photographer's copyright stamp, with credit and date, in ink, his 'Robert Frank Archive' stamp, with title, date, and number '527' in pencil, and Gamma Picture Agency stamp, on the reverse, 1951, printed before 1963
Provenance
Christie's New York, 5 October 1995, Sale 8262, Lot 45
Condition
This impressive and appropriately warm-toned early print is on paper with a slight surface sheen and is flush-mounted to thin, pale gray board. As is typical of flush-mounted prints, there is rubbing at the edges, with some intermittent chipping and small losses. In raking light, several soft mounting creases, original retouching, and faint surface rubbing are visible.
The reverse of the flush-mount is soiled, with light age-darkening at the periphery. At the top edge, there are two small white deposits of indeterminate nature. The Gamma Picture Agency stamp is credited 'Frank' in ink, and '222' is written in pencil in the center on the reverse of the flush-mount.
This print appears to fluoresce slightly when examined with ultraviolet light.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
“That feeling; arrival for the first time. How things look. A whole new world! Frank commences his conversation with things. A world of grey areas, rendered in black and white. His road is not one of exploitation, of turning people into mere props, stand-ins for an already settled subtext. Whole worlds coalesce around a single detail: a hat, a smile, a hand.”
Ian Penman, 2004