ROBERT FRANK (B. 1924)

Parade/Valencia, 1952

Details

ROBERT FRANK (B. 1924)
Parade/Valencia, 1952
gelatin silver print, printed 1950s–1960s
signed, titled 'Barcelona' and dated '1950' in with Werner Zryd collection stamp (verso)
image/sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 5/8 in. (28.5 x 39.6 cm.)

Provenance

Werner Zryd, friend of Frank's and graphic artist;
Scalo, Zurch;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001.

Literature

Robert Frank, Black and White Things, Scalo, Zurich, 1994, pl. 1
Robert Frank, The Lines of My Hand, Pantheon Books, New York, 1989, n.p.
Sarah Greenough (ed.), Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, The National Gallery of Art/Steidl, 2009, cat. no. 26, p. 83.

Lot Essay

In 1952, Robert Frank worked with his friend the graphic designer Werner Zryd to create the book Black, White and Things. The image in the present lot appeared as the first plate of the publication. Only three copies of the handmade book were assembled: One Frank gave to his parents, one he gave to Edward Steichen (now in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York) and the third he kept for himself (now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).

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