Robert Frank

titled and dated '1955' and signed and dated '1960' in ink in the margin, numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, Bloom Collection and Pace Wildenstein MacGill labels on the reverse, 1955-56, printed in the 1960s or early 1970s

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1997

The Americans, no. 28

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. x, 243, 468, and 469, and Contact no. 28

Jeffrey Fraenkel and Frish Brandt, eds., The Eye Club, pl. 49

Peter Weiermair, ed., Americans, 1940-2006—America: The Social Landscape from 1940 until 2006, Masterpieces of American Photography, p. 38

This print, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally very good condition. Under close examination under raking light, a few indentations in the wall behind the figure are visible but do not detract from the image. There are a few scattered areas of soiling and light handling creases in the margin that are very minor. The reverse of the print is clean, with a few scattered marks. The following is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse: 'RF- 786 - 43,' '2806 - I' (in duplicate) and 'RFA.028.3.' When viewed under ultraviolet light, this print appears to fluoresce faintly.
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As of this writing, it is believed that prints of this image have appeared at auction only twice before.