Stand 03.04.2025

Robert Frank

Lot 73096
New Orleans (Trolley), 1956
Oversized gelatin silver print, printed 1977.

12 x 19 in
Zoom
Lot 73096
New Orleans (Trolley), 1956
Oversized gelatin silver print, printed 1977.
12,0 x 19,0 in
Schätzpreis: US$ 200.000 - 300.000
€ 184.000 - 277.000
Auktion: 4 Tage

Heritage Auctions

Ort: Dallas, TX
Auktion: 29.04.2025
Auktionsnummer: 8195
Auktionsname: 30 Photographs Signature® Auction
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Lot Details
Robert Frank (American, 1924-2019) New Orleans (Trolley), 1956 Oversized gelatin silver print, printed 1977 12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm) (image) 15-7/8 x 19-3/4 inches (sheet) Signed, titled, and dated in ink, lower margin recto. LITERATURE: R. Frank, U.S. Camera, 1957, pp. 106-107; R. Frank, Les Américains, Delpire, Paris, 1958, pl. 18, p. 41; R. Frank, The Americans, Grove Press, New York, 1959, front cover of first and all subsequent editions, pl. 18. "Frank's pictures capture a shadowy post-war society at odds with itself, filled with images of the American flag but still very much divided by segregation and politics." - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook, April 16, 2012–April 29, 2013. In 1955-1956, armed with a Guggenheim Foundation grant, Swiss-born Robert Frank traveled across America from New York to California, taking a series of photographs that were published in 1959 as The Americans, now considered one of the most influential photo books of all time. Frank's conception of his recently adopted country was radically shaped by this trip, as beneath the surface of what he had imagined to be a well-adjusted and prosperous post-war society lurked something unexpectedly and significantly darker -- poverty and inequality. The resulting series of photographs caused a storm of controversy, with some feeling that Frank's candid pictures had betrayed the trust of his American audience, while others applauded the freshness of his eye. The series was first published in French as Les Américains in 1958 with an English edition appearing belatedly the following year. Frank's Trolley, New Orleans, offered here as a highlight of this sale, is a beautifully observed, carefully framed work, and is arguably the most desirable from this ground-breaking series, encapsulating perfectly the dispiriting reality of segregation in the American south at that time. This, a rare and oversized print of the seminal image, is accompanied by other important and highly desirable examples from The Americans – City Fathers, Hoboken, Indianapolis, and Ranch Market, Hollywood – with all four images coming from distinguished private collections. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
Neutral toned print on semi-gloss, double-weight paper with margins. Shallow, in-painted crease across image, center, with another smaller (2-inch) in-painted crease leading off this into upper right quadrant, both visible under inspection. An oversized print of one of Frank's most important and desirable images from The Americans in very good condition overall. Sold matted and framed under glass measuring 20 x 24 inches.
Lot Details
Robert Frank (American, 1924-2019) New Orleans (Trolley), 1956 Oversized gelatin silver print, printed 1977 12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm) (image) 15-7/8 x 19-3/4 inches (sheet) Signed, titled, and dated in ink, lower margin recto. LITERATURE: R. Frank, U.S. Camera, 1957, pp. 106-107; R. Frank, Les Américains, Delpire, Paris, 1958, pl. 18, p. 41; R. Frank, The Americans, Grove Press, New York, 1959, front cover of first and all subsequent editions, pl. 18. "Frank's pictures capture a shadowy post-war society at odds with itself, filled with images of the American flag but still very much divided by segregation and politics." - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook, April 16, 2012–April 29, 2013. In 1955-1956, armed with a Guggenheim Foundation grant, Swiss-born Robert Frank traveled across America from New York to California, taking a series of photographs that were published in 1959 as The Americans, now considered one of the most influential photo books of all time. Frank's conception of his recently adopted country was radically shaped by this trip, as beneath the surface of what he had imagined to be a well-adjusted and prosperous post-war society lurked something unexpectedly and significantly darker -- poverty and inequality. The resulting series of photographs caused a storm of controversy, with some feeling that Frank's candid pictures had betrayed the trust of his American audience, while others applauded the freshness of his eye. The series was first published in French as Les Américains in 1958 with an English edition appearing belatedly the following year. Frank's Trolley, New Orleans, offered here as a highlight of this sale, is a beautifully observed, carefully framed work, and is arguably the most desirable from this ground-breaking series, encapsulating perfectly the dispiriting reality of segregation in the American south at that time. This, a rare and oversized print of the seminal image, is accompanied by other important and highly desirable examples from The Americans – City Fathers, Hoboken, Indianapolis, and Ranch Market, Hollywood – with all four images coming from distinguished private collections. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
Neutral toned print on semi-gloss, double-weight paper with margins. Shallow, in-painted crease across image, center, with another smaller (2-inch) in-painted crease leading off this into upper right quadrant, both visible under inspection. An oversized print of one of Frank's most important and desirable images from The Americans in very good condition overall. Sold matted and framed under glass measuring 20 x 24 inches.
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