Robert Frank
c. 1943
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 5.6 x 5.9 cm (2 3/16 x 2 5/16 in.) sheet: 6.5 x 9.5 cm (2 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1994.37.217
Art Historical Context
This intimate gelatin silver print, titled *Robert Frank* and dating to around 1943, captures a moment from the early life of the renowned photographer Robert Frank (1924–9). Taken by an unknown photographer during War II, when Frank was a teenager in Switzerland, it offers a rare personal glimpse into the formative years of a figure who would revolutionize postwar photography. The modest dimensions—image at just 5.6 x 5.9 cm—suggest a candid snapshot, perhaps from family albums, preserved in Frank's own collection and gifted to the National Gallery of Art. Gelatin silver prints, the medium h...