New York City, 7 Bleecker Street
1993
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 28.6 x 36.4 cm (11 1/4 x 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1994.37.3
Art Historical Context
Robert Frank's *New York City, 7 Bleecker Street* (1993) captures the gritty essence of urban life in Greenwich Village, a neighborhood long synonymous with bohemian culture and artistic ferment. Frank, the Swiss-born photographer renowned for his landmark 1958 book *The Americans*, continued his street photography into later decades, turning his lens on everyday American scenes with unflinching honesty. This gelatin silver print, measuring 28.6 x 36.4 cm, reflects his mature vision, likely documenting the facades and human stories of Bleecker Street—a vibrant artery of New York bohemia since ...
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...