Lot 1678* - A191 Photography - Monday, 02. December 2019, 03.30 PM
ROBERT FRANK
(1924-2019)
"Flamingo. Hasselblad Award 1996". Mabou, 1991 and Mabou, 1974. 3 original photographs.
Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard support. Vintages.
Image dimension approx. 8 x 9.5 to 11.5 x 15 cm; sheet dimension 28 x 20 and 28.5 x 22 cm.
Below or above the images, 2 hand dedications to Alf and Geen Akerman with full signature, imprinted title. Framed in 2 separate frames.
Literature: Robert Frank. Flamingo. The Hasselblad Award 1996. Zurich, 1997 (ill. cover, p. 26-27 and p. 43).
Provenance:
- Former property of the director of the Hasselblad Awards, Alfred Akerman.
- Private collection, Germany.
"I am always looking outside, trying to look inside. Trying to say something that’s true. But maybe nothing is really true. Except what’s out there. And what’s out there is always changing.“
(Frank, 1997, p. 4)
"When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.“
(Frank, 1997, p. 6).
CHF 5 000 / 8 000 | (€ 5 150 / 8 250)
Sold for CHF 6 875 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.