Robert Frank

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

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1997

The Americans, no. 37

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 255 and 471, and Contact no. 37

This print, on heavy paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, a soft, linear impression is visible in the lower left quadrant of the image as well as a tiny impression that does not appear to break the emulsion in the upper right quadrant. In the margin, there are a few scattered deposits of indeterminate nature. The outer edges of the margin are faintly age-darkened, and Frank's title and date have faded slightly. The margin corners are bumped, with the top paper-ply folded back at the tips of the lower corners. On the reverse are a few deposits of indeterminate nature. The notations in an unidentified hand in pencil read as follows: 'RF.A.037.4' and 3704-I.' When examined under ultraviolet light, this print appears to fluoresce. It is believed that only 7 other prints of this image have previously been offered at auction.
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