Raoul Hague 5
1962
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contact sheet
Dimensions
overall: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 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
1990.28.3293
Art Historical Context
**Raoul Hague 5**, a 1962 contact sheet Robert Frank, offers an intimate glimpse into the Swiss-born photographer's raw creative process. Frank, renowned for his groundbreaking 1958 book *The Americans*—a stark documentary portrait of mid-century U.S. life—captured everyday scenes with unflinching honesty. This work, measuring just 25.2 x 20.2 cm, likely features the wood sculptor Raoul Hague, a reclusive artist from the Woodstock community, reflecting Frank's interest in fellow creators during the early 1960s. As a contact sheet, this photograph is a proof print made directly from a negative...
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...