11th Street story 7
1951
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contact sheet
Dimensions
overall: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1990.28.1548
Art Historical Context
"11th Street Story 7" is a captivating contact sheet from 1951 by Robert Frank, the Swiss-born photographer whose groundbreaking work would later define post-war American documentary photography. Created early in Frank's U.S. career—after he immigrated to New York in 1947—this piece captures the raw energy of urban life on 11th Street, likely offering glimpses into everyday New Yorkers amid the city's post-World War II bustle. As part of the Robert Frank Collection at the National Gallery of Art, gifted by the artist himself, it reflects his emerging eye for the unvarnished truths of American ...
About the Artist
Robert Frank
Robert Frank (1924-2019) was a Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker whose revolutionary approach to documentary photography fundamentally transformed the medium and influenced generations of artists. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 9, 1924, to a middle-class Jewish family, Frank began his photographic apprenticeship in 1941, working with commercial photographers before im...