Untitled
c. 2012
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.5 × 24.3 cm (6 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.) sheet: 20.2 × 25.2 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
2015.186.1.9
Art Historical Context
Robert Frank’s untitled gelatin silver print from around 2012 offers a late-career example of the Swiss-born photographer’s enduring commitment to the medium. Best known for his groundbreaking 1950s series *The Americans*, Frank continued to explore photography’s for quiet observation and personal expression well into his eighties This modest-sized work, in the National Gallery of Art’s collection through the generosity of Jane P. Watkins, demonstrates his lifelong preference for black-and-white film even as digital processes became dominant. The gelatin silver print technique itself carries ...
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...