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Robert Franks bahnbrechendes Buch „T e Americans“ 94
von 1958 enthält einige durchgehend wiederholte paradigmatische Motive, ROBERT FRANK (1924–2019)
darunter die amerikanische Flagge, das Automobil und, wie hier, die Jukebox. Candy Store, 86th Street,
Letzterer begegnete Frank überall auf seinen Reisen quer durch das Land in New York 1955
Bars, Restaurants und Speiselokalen. Mit blinkenden Lämpchen und geschmei- Gelatin silver print, printed in 1970s,
digen Kurven waren Musikautomaten unbestreitbar photogen, außerdem double-weight semi-matte paper, in very
verbreiteten sie die pulsierenden neuen Klänge des Rock-and-Roll. Für Frank good condition,
Signed, titled and dated by the photogra-
war eine Ansammlung von Teenagern, die sich um eine Jukebox drängte, die pher in ink in the margin, photographer’s
Quintessenz eines typisch amerikanischen Motives. Ein weiterer Abzug dieses “Robert Frank Archive” stamp and
Bildes bef ndet sich in der Sammlung des Art Institute of Chicago. copyright stamp with signature and print
Robert Frank punctuated his seminal 1958 book “T e date on the reverse
LITERATURE Robert Frank, T e
Americans” with resonant visual motifs repeated strategically throughout, Americans, Paris 1958, no. 10; Sarah
including the American f ag, the automobile, and, as in the image of ered here, Greenough (ed.), Looking In: Robert
the jukebox. The jukebox was a feature Frank encountered in bars, restaurants, Frank’s T e Americans, Washington
2009, pp. 221, 463, Contact no. 10;
and diners in his cross-country travels. With their sleek curves and glowing Eskildsen, Robert Frank: HOLD
facades, jukeboxes were undeniably photogenic and provided the pulsating STILL_keep going, p. 82, variant
new sounds of rock-and-roll. For Frank, a congregation of teenagers crowding PROVENANCE Bonni Benrubi Gallery,
around a music machine was a quintessentially American motive. An addi - New York, 1995
tional print of this image is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. 20,1 × 30,3 cm (7.9 × 11.9 inch)
€ 22.000 / € 35.000 – 40.000

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