Robert Frank (b. 1924)

Caerau, Wales, 1953

Details

Robert Frank (b. 1924)
Caerau, Wales, 1953
gelatin silver print
signed and dedicated 'For Paul Katz - Mabou 1976' in ink (on the recto); The Museum of Modern Art exhibition label affixed (on the reverse of the masonite flush-mount)
9 1/8 x 13¾in. (23 x 34.8cm.)

Literature

Brookman, ed., Robert Frank: London/Wales, Corcoran Gallery of Art/Scalo, 2003, p. 93

Exhibited

Post-War European Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, May 27-August 2, 1953

Lot Essay

This hauntingly beautiful and extremely rare mounted print was included in the 'Post-War European Photography' exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1953 - an important forerunner to the influential 1955 exhibition 'The Family of Man.'

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