Untitled--Connie Daliani
1951
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 23.3 x 34 cm (9 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1990.28.11
Art Historical Context
**Untitled—Connie Daliani**1951) is a striking gelatin silver print by Robert Frank, a Swiss-born photographer whose candid images captured the raw essence of mid-20th-century life. Measuring 23.3 x 34 cm, this trimmed sheet exemplifies Frank's early work in the United States, where he settled in 1947 after World War II. The title hints at a personal portrait, likely of Connieiani, reflecting Frank's intimate approach to everyday subjects during a time of social flux in post-war America. Frank's style foreshadowed his groundbreaking 1958 book *The Americans*, revolutionizing documentary photo...
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...