Robert Frank

signed, dated, and annotated 'Los Angeles' in red ink in the margin, the photographer's copyright stamp with credit and date in ink, and the 'Robert Frank Archive' stamp, with annotations and number '776' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1956, printed in the 1970s

Howard Greenberg Gallery, 2007

The Americans: Photographs by Robert Frank (New York, 1986), p. 37

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans (Washington, D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 2009), pp. 226 and 464, Contact Sheet 14

This print is on double-weight paper with a slight surface sheen. It is somewhat warm-toned, and the photographer's signature, title and date are faded. There is a 4 1/4-inch sharp crease in the lower left margin corner that intrudes 5/8-inch into the image. When examined in raking light, a small sharp crease is evident in the upper margin. This does not affect the image. There is very slight age-darkening at the periphery on the reverse. In addition to the copyright stamp (with credit and date in ink) and the Robert Frank Archive stamp (with 'Americans 14,' 'Ranch Market-Hollywood,' and '776' in pencil), '62 (circled)', 'RF.145.Y,' and a gallery inventory number 'PF85609 (new 96617)' are written in pencil on the reverse.
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