Robert Frank (American, 1924-2019). London (Belsize Crescent), 1951. Gelatin silver print, printed 1980. 11-1/4 x 16-3/4...

Description

Robert Frank (American, 1924-2019)
London (Belsize Crescent), 1951
Gelatin silver print, printed 1980
11-1/4 x 16-3/4 inches (28.6 x 42.5 cm) (image)
16 x 20 inches (sheet)
Signed, titled, and dated in ink, lower margin recto. Photographer's archive and copyright stamps, verso.

PROVENANCE:
Margaret Weston;
Sotheby's, New York, Photographs form the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston, April 25, 2007, lot 29;
Private collection, acquired from the above.

EXHIBITED:
Monterey Museum of Art, Passion and Precision: Photographs from the Collection of Margaret W. Weston, January - April 2003.

LITERATURE:
R. Frank, The Lines of My Hand, New York, 1989, np;
S. Greenough and P. Brookman, Robert Frank: Moving Out, National Gallery of Art, 1994, p. 81;
P. Brookman, ed., Robert Frank: London/Wales, Zurich, 2003, np;
Passion and Precision: Photographs from the Collection of Margaret W. Weston, Monterey Museum of Art, 2003, p. 63 (this print);
R. Frank: Story Lines, London: Tate Modern, 2004, np.


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