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, 1955, printed in the 1970s

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1997

The Americans, no. 74

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 299, 480, and 482, and Contact no. 74

Tod Papageorge, Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence, p. 57

Robert Frank: Story Lines, frontispiece 3

This print, on double-weight Agfa paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, a 1/2-inch linear impression is visible in the left margin and extends very slightly into the image. There are 2 very small impressions in the margin, one in the upper left and the other in the lower right. Frank's signature in the margin has faded slightly. The margin corners are bumped, with the top paper-ply folded back at the tip of the upper left corner. On the reverse, the notations in an unidentified hand in pencil are 'RFA.074.2' and 'HG6689.' When examined under ultraviolet light, this print appears to fluoresce. It is believed that only 2 other prints of this image have previously been offered at auction.
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