Robert Frank

flush-mounted, signed, titled, dated, and copyrighted and with the photographer's copyright stamp, with credit and date in ink, his 'Robert Frank Archive' stamp, with title, date, and number '773' in pencil, and annotations in pencil and ink on the reverse, 1955-56

Lunn Ltd., New York

Sotheby's New York, 2 October 1996, Sale 6888, Lot 352

Robert Frank, The Americans (New York, 1986), p. 35

Sarah Greenough and Philip Brookman, Robert Frank: Moving Out (Washington, D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 1994), pp. 173 and 197

Sarah Greenough, Robert Frank's The Americans: Looking In (Washington, D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 2009), pp. xiii, 174, 225, 463, and Contact #13

LIFE Library of Photography: Documentary Photography (New York, 1972), p. 171

Mike Weaver, ed., The Art of Photography, 1839-1989 (Yale University Press, 1989), pl. 321

This early print, with its impressive range of tones, is in generally excellent condition. It is on paper with a subtle sheen and is flush-mounted to an off-white board. The edges are very slightly rubbed, and the corners are rounded, with some tiny loss of emulsion. When examined in raking light, extremely small, faint scuffs and scratches are somewhat visible. The reverse of the flush mount is lightly soiled, and there is age-darkening at the periphery. Reduction notations '111' (circled) and 'H' (circled) are written in pencil. In addition to Robert Frank's own signature, title, and date in black ink are the following in an unidentified hand in blue ink: 'Robert Frank,' 'The Americans,' and 'Charleston S. C.' When examined with ultraviolet light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.
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''The work of two contemporary photographers, Bill Brandt of England and the American, Walker Evans, have influenced me. When I first looked at Walker Evans' photographs, I thought of something Malraux wrote: 'To transform destiny into awareness.'''

Robert Frank, 1958