Ayumi (A-Chan)

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Medium

2 internal dye diffusion transfer prints (Polaroid SX-70)

Dimensions

image/sheet (each): 7.9 × 7.2 cm (3 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.) mount (each): 10.8 × 8.8 cm (4 1/4 × 3 7/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Department

CPH

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Jane P. Watkins

Accession Number

2015.186.1.27

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...

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