Lot 123
  • 123

ROBERT FRANK | 'Assembly Line - Detroit'

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Frank
  • 'Assembly Line - Detroit'
  • gelatin silver print
  • 8 7/8  by 13 1/4  in. (22.5 by 33.7 cm.)
signed and dated '77' in ink in the margin, the photographer's archive stamp, with title, 'Americans 50,' and '217' in pencil, on the reverse, framed, 1955, probably printed in the 1970s (The Americans, no. 50)

Provenance

Lunn Gallery, Washington, D. C. Private collection, California

Deborah Bell Photographs, New York

Private collection

Phillips de Pury & Company New York, 9 April 2011, Sale 40111, Lot 154

Condition

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. When examined very closely in raking light, some deposits of original retouching are faintly visible. There are some very minor bumps and creases near the margin edges.
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