Paris Couple
Robert Frank (Zürich 1924 - Inverness/Kanada 2019)
Lot-No. 74
Gelatine silver print, 19 x 30,5 cm, on the reverse sign. and dat. R. Frank 1952, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - American photographer of German-Swiss origin. With his snapshot style F. is considered a main innovator of photo journalism. F. learned photographing in different studios in Zurich and Geneva 1941-47. Thereafter he moved to New York. With a Guggenheim scholarship he could realise his groundbreaking photo-book 'The Americans'.
Robert Frank: Paris Couple
Robert Frank (Zürich 1924 - Inverness/Kanada 2019)
Paris Couple
Lot-No. 74
Gelatine silver print, 19 x 30,5 cm, on the reverse sign. and dat. R. Frank 1952, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - American photographer of German-Swiss origin. With his snapshot style F. is considered a main innovator of photo journalism. F. learned photographing in different studios in Zurich and Geneva 1941-47. Thereafter he moved to New York. With a Guggenheim scholarship he could realise his groundbreaking photo-book 'The Americans'.