Robert Frank

signed, titled, and dated '1955' in ink in the margin, numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Bloom Collection label on the reverse, 1955, printed in the 1970s

Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, 1997

The Americans, no. 23

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 237 and 467, and Contact no. 23

U. S. Camera [Annual] 1958, p. 98

Robert Frank: Story Lines, frontispiece 1

Michael Shelden, 'Melancholy and Menace,' Telegraph Magazine, 3 May 2008, p. 36

This photograph, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally good condition. Subtle warm-toned shifts in tonality are visible primarily in the upper right and lower portions of the image. Upon very close examination in raking light, the following are visible in the margins: scattered deposits of indeterminate nature, and a few tiny impressions. The margin corners are lightly bumped and creased. On the reverse are the following notations in an unidentified hand in pencil: 'EHG 189,' '326,' '7-230,' and '#372' (circled). This photograph has undergone conservation, and a treatment report is available upon request from the department.
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