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ROBERT FRANK (American, b. Switzerland, 1924) MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ST. LOUIS titled, dated and sig...

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ROBERT FRANK (American, b. Switzerland, 1924) MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ST. LOUIS titled, dated and sig...
ROBERT FRANK (American, b. Switzerland, 1924) MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ST. LOUIS titled, dated and signed "ST. LOUIS 1948, R. FRANK" in black ink below image Robert Frank archive stamp in black ink with pencil inscription: "LINES 10 (VARIANT), ST. LOUIS, 1947" on verso artist's copyright stamp in black ink on verso with black ink inscriptions: "Robert Frank 1980" (please note this is not the print date) gelatin silver print 8 3/4 x 8 15/16 in. (22.2 x 22.7 cm) 1947 printed circa 1960s PROVENANCE Private Collection, NEW YORK LITERATURE Robert Frank, BLACK, WHITE AND THINGS, [NEW YORK], 1952, n.p. (variant illustrated; this is a handmade book that exists in only three copies) THE LINES OF MY HAND, Tokyo, 1972, p. 10 (illustrated) THE LINES OF MY HAND, NEW YORK, 1972, n.p. (variant illustrated) Robert Frank, BLACK, WHITE AND THINGS, Zurich, 1994, pl. 15 (variant illustrated; this is the trade edition of the 1952 handmade book) This image disproves two common misconceptions about Robert Frank and his work. First is the belief that he did not visit other states until he made his travels on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955 and 1956 that resulted in his book THE AMERICANS. Second is the notion that he only used a 35mm Leica camera until he began using a larger format Polaroid camera in the 1970s. In the first year that Robert Frank lived in New York, he made a few trips into other parts of the country, from Boston in the north to Washington, D.C., in the south, and as far west as Kansas City. His first exposure to the heartland of America was a trip to St. Louis, Missouri, to photograph for the short-lived magazine JUNIOR BAZAAR. While there, Frank approached this man from behind with his 21/4 inch square-format Rolleiflex camera. He purchased a 35mm Leica camera in September of 1947, and did not begin to use it almost exclusively until he went to Peru the following year.
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