Barcelona, Spain

Artist Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019)

Date1952

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 x 17 inches (29.85 x 43.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4547

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Mount Notations "Return to Harper's Bazaar" AND "Please Return to Museum of Modern Art" Back of Mount Pencil

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DescriptionImage of multiple members of a marching band, playing instruments, wearing matching uniforms, walking down along a brick wall.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 2. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 24, 2007 – March 19, 2008, no cat.

Rotation 11. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 2011 – March 18, 2012, no cat.

Rotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

A restless and rebellious spirit, Robert Frank left his home in Switzerland in 1947 for New York City. He worked for the fashion magazines of the day, but spent most of his time photographing for himself. Working with a small 35mm camera in a quick and candid manner, Frank made highly personal images. Like the Beat poets and jazz musicians of the time, he was interested in a new kind of expression: fresh, raw, and deeply human. This photograph, made in Spain, is characteristically moody and mysterious, suggesting both celebration and mourning, life and death.

Provenance

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Edwynn Houk Gallery by Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1991;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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