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Home>Robert Frank Collection Guide>Technical Material

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# The Robert Frank Collection

Robert Frank's camera used for *40 Fotos*

**Technical Material**

The collection includes more than 600 pieces of technical material—prints and contact sheets from Frank's negatives that have been printed by the National Gallery rather than the artist himself. Some are duplicates of contact sheets printed by Frank (for instance, the Spain contact sheets from 1948–1949 and 1952), while others are made from negatives that Frank did not print. Five prints in this group (T1994.37.211.19–T1994.37.211.19.24) may be vintage prints. These objects are not accessioned works of art. Technical material is detailed in Robert Frank Technical Material.

The collection also includes one camera that Frank used in Switzerland for his *40 Fotos* project. It is a Voightländer camera that takes 9 x 12 cm film. It appears that Frank used both glass and film negatives in this camera.

Introduction to the CollectionPhotographs, Contact Sheets, Work Prints, and Volumes    Switzerland 1941–1946    *40 Fotos*, 1946    New York 1947–1954    *Peru*, 1948    Europe 1949–1953    *Black White and Things*, 1952    The Guggenheim Trip, 1955–1957    *The Americans*, 1955–1957    *From the Bus*, 1958    Photographs and Film 1959–1980    New York and Nova Scotia, 1971–2005NegativesPhotographs by Other PhotographersTechnical MaterialPapers, Books and RecordingsFilm and Video

Provenance

Publications about Robert FrankBooks of photographs by Robert Frank

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