Robert Frank

signed in ink in the margin, numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, Bloom Collection and Pace Wildenstein MacGill labels on the reverse, 1956, printed in the 1970s

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1997

The Americans, no. 31

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 247, 318, and 469, and Contact no. 31

U. S. Camera [Annual] 1958, p. 94

Robert Frank: Story Lines, frontispiece 4 

This print, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. There is minute chipping to the emulsion at the margin edges. There is a very slight vertical crease that does not appear to break the emulsion in the lower left corner of the margin. This print shows the full negative, with slightly more information at the right and bottom sides of the image than what can be seen in other prints of this image. The reverse of the print is clean with minimal soiling. The following is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse: 'RF. A. 031.2' and '3105 - I (J).'
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As of this writing, it is believed that only two prints of this image have previously appeared at auction.