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Robert Frank
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- Robert Frank
- 'Roshashona [sic], New Year (Jewish)' (Yom Kippur – East River, New York City)
- signed, titled, and dated in ink on recto; marked vintage
- Gelatin silver print
signed, titled, and dated '1955' in ink in the margin, annotated 'June' in ink and with numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, Bloom Collection and Pace Wildenstein MacGill labels on the reverse, 1954, probably printed in the 1960s
Provenance
Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1998
Literature
The Americans, no. 16
Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, pp. 229, 461, and 464, and Contact no. 16
LIFE Library of Photography: Great Photographers, p. 212
Robert Frank (Aperture), p. 33
Jonathan Green, American Photography: A Critical History, 1945 to the Present, p. 217
Robert Frank, Robert Frank, pl. 32
Marianne Fulton, Eyes of Time: Photojournalism in America, p. 179
Sarah Greenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, and Colin Westerbeck, On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography, p. 356
Robert Frank: Story Lines, frontispiece 2
Michael Shelden, 'Melancholy and Menace,' Telegraph Magazine, 3 May 2008, p. 36
Peter Galassi, Robert Frank: In America, p. 127
Condition
This early print, with its wide range of mid-tones and detail, is in generally excellent condition. The dark negative edges are visible, as are the negative's sprocket holes along the lower edge. It is on double-weight paper with a surface sheen. Upon extremely close examination, a tiny fibrous adhesion is visible in the lower right quadrant.
The margin edges are age-darkened. The tips of the margin corners are bumped, and the lower right margin corner is softly creased. On the reverse of the print, 'JUNE' is written by Frank in ink. Also on the reverse, '1605-I (J)' and 'RF.A.016.5' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil.
It is believed that only 10 prints of this image have previously been offered at auction.
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.
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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.