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Robert Frank
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- Robert Frank
- Highway 40, 1958
- photograph
- 18,8 x 29,3 cm
Vintage silver print. Signed in ink and inscribed on the reverse. Matted and framed.
Provenance
Christie's New York, Photographs, 24 April 2006, lot 39
Galerie Thierry Marlat, Paris
Galerie Thierry Marlat, Paris
Literature
Jack Kerouac, 'On the Road to Florida', Evergreen Review, New York, January 1970, n°74, ill. p. 44.
Condition
This silver print is in overall very good condition. All four corners worn. Both upper corners and the right margin with a crease, all away from the image. The lower right quadrant with a crease of approx. 2 cm and a dot of retouching, both visible under raking light only.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Jack Kerouac and Robert Frank were on the road to Florida in 1958 when this photograph was taken through the car's unwashed windshield. Kerouac is the famous author of "On the road" considered as the manifesto of the Beat Generation and which influenced the movie genre of the road trip.
He described this very moment with Robert Frank in a story published in 1970 in the Evergreen Review: "In darkening day, rain coming on the road, lights already on at 3 PM, mist descending on Highway 40, we see the insect swoop of modern sulphur lamps, the distant haze of forgotten trees"
© Robert Frank