Robert Frank

signed in ink in the margin, numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Bloom Collection label on the reverse, 1954-55, printed in the 1970s

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 1998

The Americans, no. 8

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 219, 462, and 463, and Contact no. 8

'The Congressional,' FORTUNE, November 1955, p. 118, variant

Robert Frank: Story Lines, frontispiece 1 

This print, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally very good condition. Overall this print has a warm, slightly sepia appearance. There is faint silvering around the perimeter of the image. There is an approximately 4-inch thin area of blue-toned discoloring at the upper right corner of the image. There is an approximately one-inch vertical crease extending from the bottom right margin corner which does not appear to break the emulsion and does not affect the image. There is a small stray ink mark on the reverse. The following is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse: 'RF.A 008 803-I,' '5' (or possibly 'S'), and 'J'. This photograph has undergone conservation, and a treatment report is available upon request from the department. It is believed that only 5 other prints of this image have previously been offered at auction.
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