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ROBERT FRANK (1924- )
Tulip/Paris.
Silver print, the image measuring 3
7
/
8
x2
1
/
2
inches (9.8x6.4 cm.), the mount 8
1
/
2
x6
1
/
2
inches (21.6x16.5 cm.), with Frank’s signature and his negative date, in ink, on mount recto. 1950;
printed 1960s
[20,000/30,000]
From Hyperion Press Limited, NewYork, NewYork, in 1987.
This image was originally part of Frank’s sequencing for a book titled
BlackWhite andThings
, which
reached the maquette stage in 1952, but was not published until 1994.The book describes the early
decades of the photographer’s career, and was organized in three sections. This romantic image
appeared in the section titled Things, and depicts the photographer Lou Stettner.
Robert Frank,
Black White and Things
(National Gallery of Art, in conjunction with the Moving
Out exhibition), pl. 21.
Frank,
Robert Frank:The Lines of My Hand
(NewYork), unpaginated.
Frank and Penman,
Robert Frank: Story Lines
(London: Tate Modern, in conjunction with the
exhibition), unpaginated.