Robert Frank

signed, titled, and dated '1955' in ink in the margin, the archive and copyright stamps, with credit, date, and annotations in pencil or ink, on the reverse, framed, a Bloom Collection label on the reverse, 1955, printed in the 1970s

Singer Photography, Petaluma, 1997

The Americans, no. 52

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 273 and 475, and Contact no. 52

Aaron Siskind and Jonathan Logan, eds., 'Photographs by Robert Frank,' Choice: A Magazine of Poetry and Photography, 1962, p. 101

Robert Frank: Story Lines, frontispiece 4

This print, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally excellent condition. The signature, title, and date have faded but all are still legible. On the reverse, there are a few stray pencil marks and 2 hinge remnants. The following is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse: '9' and '79.' The archive stamp is annotated '52' and '666' in an unidentified hand in pencil. When viewed under ultraviolet light, this print appears to lightly fluoresce. It is believed that only 4 other prints of this image have previously been offered at auction.
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