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Robert Frank
City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955-1956
- Estimate
- $200,000 - 300,000
$212,500
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s or before.
1955-1956
10 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (27.6 x 37.8 cm)
Signed, titled 'Hoboken' and dated '1955' in ink on the reverse of the flush-mount.
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Catalogue Essay
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough – there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph.”
-Robert Frank
-Robert Frank
Provenance
Literature
Robert Frank
Swiss | 1924As one of the leading visionaries of mid-century American photography, Robert Frank has created an indelible body of work, rich in insight and poignant in foresight. In his famed series The Americans, Frank travelled the United States, capturing the parade of characters, hierarchies and imbalances that conveyed his view of the great American social landscape.
Frank broke the mold of what was considered successful documentary photography with his "snapshot aesthetic." It is Frank's portrayal of the United States through grit and grain that once brought his work to the apex of criticism, but has now come to define the art of documentary photography.
Browse ArtistFrank broke the mold of what was considered successful documentary photography with his "snapshot aesthetic." It is Frank's portrayal of the United States through grit and grain that once brought his work to the apex of criticism, but has now come to define the art of documentary photography.