Robert Frank

signed and dated '77' in ink in the margin, the archive stamp, with title, 'Americans 24,' and '191,' and a numerical notation in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1955, printed in the 1970s

Sotheby's New York, 6 October 1999, Sale 7348, Lot 365

The Americans, no. 24

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 238, 467, and 468, and Contact no. 24

U. S. Camera [Annual] 1958, p. 99

'The Highway: Four Photographs by Robert Frank,' Current, November 1960, p. 35

Willy Rotzler, ‘Der Photograph Robert Frank,’ Du, January 1962, p. 14

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. There are 2 areas of subtle, slightly warm tonality in the upper right quadrant. There is some minor rippling to the right edge of the print. Frank's signature in the margin extends slightly into the image, and the ink from the date '77' is smudged. Three of the margin corners are very lightly bumped. On the reverse are 2 small hinge remnants. The Robert Frank Archive stamp is annotated 'Americans 24,' 'Bar - Las Vegas, Nevada,' and '191' in an unidentified hand in pencil. '800-' is also written in pencil on the reverse, just below the stamp.
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As of this writing, it is believed that this is the only print of this image to have appeared at auction.