Andrea and Pablo
1955-1956
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 31.9 x 21.2 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 35.4 x 27.9 cm (13 15/16 x 11 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1996.147.12
Art Historical Context
**Andrea and Pablo** (1955–1956) is a poignant gelatin silver print by Robert Frank, the Swiss-born photographer whose unflinching gaze on mid-20th-century America revolutionized documentary photography. Capturing his wife, Andrea, and young son, Pablo, in an intimate domestic moment, this image measures 31.9 x 21.2 cm and exemplifies Frank's signature style: raw, unposed candor that peels back the gloss of postwar prosperity to reveal everyday humanity. Created during the period leading to Frank's landmark photobook *The Americans* (1958), the work reflects his cross-country travels funded b...
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...