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ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019)
Lot 114 DEPTH OF FIELD: THE ALAN AND DOROTHY PRESS COLLECTION

ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019)

Covered Car, Long Beach, California, 1955-1956

Closed12 May 2023

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USD 23,940

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ROBERT FRANK (1924-2019)
Covered Car, Long Beach, California, 1955-1956
gelatin silver print, printed c. 1964
annotated on affixed label (margin); credited, inscribed and variously annotated in pencil (verso)
image: 8 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (21.5 x 32 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.5 cm.)

Acquired directly from the artist by photographer and editor Allan Porter, Lucerne;
Private Collector, Germany;
Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago;
acquired from the above by the late owner, 2002.

Specialist note

This print was used in a photo essay series published by C. J. Bucher, possibly in the iconic photography magazine Camera.