Robert Frank

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

Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Zurich 

Christie's New York, 5 October 1999, Sale 9298, Lot 313

The Americans, no. 6

Sarah Greenough, Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, pp. 217 and 462, and Contact no. 6

Robert Frank: Story Lines, p.  207

This print, on double-weight paper, has an even warm-toned discoloration, and pervasive disruptions to the emulsion throughout the image. There are some scattered deposits of indeterminate nature in the margins and some soft creasing to the right margin. The margin edges and corners are lightly bumped, with occasional chipping. The reverse is faintly discolored around the edges, and there is a stray graphite deposit in the lower right corner. This photograph has undergone conservation, and a treatment report is available upon request from the department.
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