Robert Frank

signed, titled, and dated '1956' in ink in the margin, annotations in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1955, possibly printed in the 1960s

Galerie Yajima, Montreal, circa 1975

Robert Frank, The Americans (New York, 1958), no. 44

Aaron Siskind and Jonathan Logan, eds., Choice: A Magazine of Poetry and Photography, 1962, cover

LIFE Library of Photography: Documentary Photography (New York, 1970), p. 173

Tod Papageorge, Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence (Yale University of Art Gallery, 1977), p. 19

Robert Frank, The Lines of My Hand (New York, 1989), unpaginated

Sarah Greenough and Philip Brookman, Robert Frank: Moving Out (National Gallery of Art, 1994), p. 191

Robert Frank: Story Lines (Tate Modern, 2004), frontispiece 1

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans (National Gallery of Art, 2009), pp. v, 263, 467, 473, and 479, and Contact no. 44

Peter Galassi, Robert Frank: In America (Stanford, 2014), p. 58

This photograph is in generally very good condition. Upon close examination, the following are visible: scattered small soft and sharp creases, some of which may break the emulsion; tiny deposits of original retouching and impressions; and a tiny circular glossy deposit in the lower left quadrant. The margin edges are rubbed overall with a few losses, a 1/4-inch tear in the upper margin, and a 1-1/2-inch sharp crease across the lower left corner. There is a small brown deposit of indeterminate nature below the signature. There is a small abrasion on the reverse of the photograph and the upper edge is faintly yellowed. The following are written in an unidentified hand: '19' (circled) in ink; 'RF-1412/YAJIMA'; and 'Cut A P175 Down (?) Photo.'
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