Photographic Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Frank, Mary, 1933-
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content: Mary Frank papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.4 Linear Feet (Box 2-3; OV 6-12)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1884-circa 2006
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.franmary, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographic material document Frank's personal and professional life and how they often intertwined. Included are black and white photographs and a few slides and negatives of Frank's sculpture and paintings; Frank and family members at various stages of her life; and family photographs dating back to 1884 that belonged to her mother, Eleanore Lockspeiser, her aunt, Florence Weinstein, and her paternal grandfather, Gregory Weinstein. Photographs include views of pre-Columbian ruins in Mexico, of Frank's sculpture in outdoor settings, of people and landscapes she gathered as source material, and her travels in Italy with Red Grooms during the early 1960s. Many of the oversize photographs, and some of the smaller ones, were taken by known American photographers, including Robert Frank, Max Kozloff, Joel Meyerowitz, Ralph Gibson, and Edward Steichen. Numerous photographs of Frank's artwork were taken by these and other known photographers throughout her career and are found in the folders related to her artwork and studio. Additional photographers include Nancy Crampton, Ralph Gabriner, Jerry L. Thompson, William Suttle, John Cohen, Barbara Brodick, Suzanne Szasz, Wayne Miller, Leo Holub, Elsa Dorfmar, Paul Kolnik, John Gruen, and Robert Delpire.