Robert Frank

signed and inscribed 'in Los Angeles long time ago . . . . ca. 1900' in ink in the margin, 'For Ed' in ink and numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, Bloom Collection and Pace Wildenstein MacGill labels on the reverse, 1955-56, printed later

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1997

The Americans, no. 61

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, pp. 285, 477, and 478, and Contact no. 61

Gotthard Schuh, 'Robert Frank,' Camera, August 1957, p. 351

Robert Frank (Aperture), p. 7

Sarah Greenough and Philip Brookman, Robert Frank: Moving Out, p. 193

Peter Galassi, American Photography, 1890-1965, p. 217

Jean Dykstra, 'Poetry of the Moment,' Art & Antiques, November 2009, p. 76

This photograph, on double-weight Agfa paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. Frank's signature and inscription in the margin have faded somewhat. A few small, soft handling creases are visible in raking light in the margins. The reverse of the print is faintly age-darkened and soiled at the edges. 'For Ed' is written in ink. '1196681' and 'RF.A.OI.061.3.' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil. It is believed that only 7, or possibly 8, prints of this image have previously been offered at auction.
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