Studio at Bleecker Street
c. 2012
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.4 × 24.4 cm (6 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 20.2 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jane P. Watkins
Accession Number
2015.186.1.10
Art Historical Context
Robert Frank's *Studio at Bleecker Street (c. 2012) captures an intimate glimpse into a creative workspace, rendered in the timeless medium of gelatin print. This classic black-and-white photographic process, involving light-sensitive silver halides suspended in gelatin emulsion on paper, yields rich tonal depth and subtle gradations—qualities Frank mastered over decades. At just 16.4 × 24.4 cm, the image invites close viewing, evoking the tactile feel of a snapshot from a personal archive. Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank revolutionized American photography with his groundbreaking 1958 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...