Book cover for Robert Frank "Les Américains" Text edited by Alain Bosquet. Cover design by Saul Steinberg. (Paris: Robert Delpire, 1958)
1958
Book cover
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 15, 2008, #2146, Lot 71)
LL/28621 [Further details available]
1 of 67
Front cover of "Les Américains" (Paris: Delpire)
1958
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12521
2 of 67
Back cover of "Les Américains" (Paris: Delpire)
1958
Book cover, back
Private collection
LL/12522
3 of 67
Front cover of "the Americans" (New York: Grove Press)
1959
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12524
4 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "The Americans." Introduction by Jack Kerouac. (New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959)
1959
Book cover
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 15, 2008, #2146, Lot 72)
LL/28620 [Further details available]
5 of 67
Back cover of "the Americans" (New York: Grove Press). Artwork by Alfred Leslie.
1959
Book cover, back
Private collection
LL/12525
6 of 67
Front cover of "Gli Americani" (Milan: Il Saggiatore)
1959
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12523
7 of 67
Cover of "the Americans" (New York: Aperture/ Museum of Modern Art), softcover
1968
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12530
8 of 67
Cover of "the Americans" (New York: Aperture/ Grossman), Hardcover
1969
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12534
9 of 67
Book cover for the 1978 edition of "The Americans" with photographs by Robert Frank and an introduction by Jack Kerouac (Millerton, NY: Aperture)
1978
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12444
10 of 67
Cover of "Die Amerikaner" (Munich: Christian Verlag)
1986
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12540
11 of 67
Cover of "Die Amerikaner" (Zurich: Buchclub Ex Libris)
1986
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12537
12 of 67
Cover of "Les Américains" (Paris: Delpire)
1986
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12538
13 of 67
Cover of "the Americans" (New York: Pantheon Books)
1986
Book cover
Private collection
LL/12535
14 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "the Americans" (Tokyo: Takarajimasha, 1993)
1993
Book cover
Private collection
LL/32349
15 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "Les Américains" (Delpire, 2007)
2007
Book cover
Amazon - France
LL/39503 [Further details available]
16 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "Die Amerikaner" (Steidl Gerhard Verlag, 2008)
2008
Book cover
Amazon - UK
LL/39510 [Further details available]
17 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "Gli Americani" (Milan: Contrasto, 2008)
2008
Book cover
Private collection
LL/39577
18 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "Los Americanos" (Madrid: La Fabrica, 2008)
2008
Book cover
Private collection
LL/39576
19 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "The American" [Chinese edition] (Steidl / National Gallery of Art, 2008)
2008
Book cover
Private collection
LL/39572 [Further details available]
20 of 67
Book cover for Robert Frank "The Americans" with an introduction by Jack Kerouac (Steidl Publishing; Special edition edition, 2008)
2008
Book cover
Amazon - Canada
LL/39497 [Further details available]
21 of 67
Backyard-Venice West, California
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 3/8 x 18 3/4 ins (31.5 x 47.7 cm) (image) 15 15/16 x 19 7/8 ins (40.5 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-57, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71740
22 of 67
Bar - New York City
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 5/8 x 18 3/4 ins (32 x 47.7 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 20 ins (40.3 x 50.8 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-39, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71741
23 of 67
Bar-Gallup, New Mexico
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 13/16 x 12 5/16 ins (47.8 x 31.3 cm) (image) 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 ins (50.5 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-62, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71742
24 of 67
Beaufort, South Carolina
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 7/16 x 18 11/16 ins (31.6 x 47.4 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 13/16 ins (40.3 x 50.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-54, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71744
25 of 67
Belle Isle, Detroit
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 × 18 11/16 ins (30.5 × 47.5 cm) (image) 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 ins (40.3 × 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-41, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71745
26 of 67
Belle Isle, Detroit
[The Americans]
1956
Gelatin silver print
12 11/16 x 18 9/16 ins (32.2 x 47.2 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill, 2003, Accession Number: 2003-227-1, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71746
27 of 67
Cafe-Beaufort, South Carolina
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 5/8 x 18 13/16 ins (32 x 47.8 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 20 ins (40.3 x 50.8 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-47, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71747
28 of 67
Canal Street
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 5/8 x 18 13/16 ins (32.1 x 47.8 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 15/16 ins (40.3 x 50.6 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-50, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71748 [Further details available]
29 of 67
Candy store-New York City
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
13 1/16 x 19 ins (33.2 x 48.3 cm) (image) 15 15/16 x 19 7/8 ins (40.5 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-32, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71749
30 of 67
Car accident - U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 3/8 x 18 11/16 ins (31.4 x 47.4 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt, 2008, Accession Number: 2008-273-1, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71750
31 of 67
Charleston, South Carolina
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 5/8 x 18 13/16 ins (32.1 x 47.8 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 15/16 ins (40.3 x 50.6 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-34, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71751
32 of 67
Courthouse Square-Elizabethville, North Carolina
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1956 (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 11/16 x 13 7/16 ins (47.5 x 34.1 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill, 2003, Accession Number: 2003-227-4, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71752
33 of 67
Covered Car, Long Beach, California
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 3/8 x 18 7/8 ins (31.4 x 48 cm) (image) 16 x 20 ins (40.6 x 50.8 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-38, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71753
34 of 67
Detroit
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 7/16 x 18 3/4 ins (31.6 x 47.6 cm) (image) 16 x 19 7/8 ins (40.6 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-67, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71754
35 of 67
Drugstore, Detroit
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
18 13/16 x 12 1/2 ins (47.8 x 31.7 cm) (image) 20 x 15 7/8 ins (50.8 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-35, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71755
36 of 67
Elevator-Miami Beach
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 3/8 x 18 13/16 ins (31.4 x 47.8 cm) (image) 15 15/16 x 19 15/16 ins (40.5 x 50.6 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-52, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71756
37 of 67
Fourth of July, Jay, New York
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 11/16 × 12 5/16 ins (47.5 × 31.2 cm) (image) 19 3/4 × 15 15/16 ins (50.2 × 40.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-33, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71757
38 of 67
Funeral, Saint Helena, South Carolina
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 3/16 x 18 11/16 ins (31 x 47.5 cm) (image) 15 13/16 x 19 7/8 ins (40.2 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-61, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71758
39 of 67
Georgetown, South Carolina
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 3/4 x 12 1/4 ins (47.6 x 31.1 cm) (image) 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 ins (50.5 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-44, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71759
40 of 67
Hotel Lobby-Miami Beach
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1956 (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 9/16 x 12 15/16 ins (47.1 x 32.9 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill, 2003, Accession Number: 2003-227-5, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71760
41 of 67
Indianapolis
[The Americans]
1956
Gelatin silver print
11 11/16 x 18 11/16 ins (29.7 x 47.4 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 15/16 ins (40.3 x 50.6 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-60, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71761
42 of 67
Jehovah's Witness, Los Angeles
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 7/8 x 13 1/8 ins (47.9 x 33.4 cm) (image) 20 x 15 7/8 ins (50.8 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-43, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71762
43 of 67
Luncheonette-Butte, Montana
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 5/8 x 18 3/4 ins (32.1 x 47.7 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 ins (40.3 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-64, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71763
44 of 67
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building-New York City
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 11/16 x 11 15/16 ins (47.4 x 30.4 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill, 2007, Accession Number: 2007-201-1, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71764
45 of 67
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 7/16 x 18 13/16 ins (31.6 x 47.8 cm) (image) 15 15/16 x 19 7/8 ins (40.5 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-63, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71765
46 of 67
Motorama, Los Angeles
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 3/8 x 18 15/16 ins (31.4 x 48.1 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 20 ins (40.3 x 50.8 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-65, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71766
47 of 67
Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office, Butte, Montana
[The Americans]
1956
Gelatin silver print
18 13/16 x 12 3/8 ins (47.8 x 31.4 cm) (image) 20 x 15 7/8 ins (50.8 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-46, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71767
48 of 67
New York City
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 13/16 x 12 3/8 ins (47.8 x 31.5 cm) (image) 19 7/8 x 15 13/16 ins (50.5 x 40.2 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-56, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71768
49 of 67
Newburg, New York
1955
Gelatin silver print
18 7/8 x 12 1/4 ins (47.9 x 31.1 cm) (image) 19 7/8 x 15 13/16 ins (50.5 x 40.2 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-66, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71769
50 of 67
Parade, Hoboken, New Jersey
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 5/16 x 18 11/16 ins (31.3 x 47.5 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 13/16 ins (40.3 x 50.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-48, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71770
51 of 67
Political Rally, Chicago
[The Americans]
1956
Gelatin silver print
18 11/16 x 12 5/16 ins (47.5 x 31.2 cm) (image) 20 x 15 3/4 ins (50.8 x 40 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-36, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71771
52 of 67
Political Rally, Chicago
[The Americans]
1956 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 3/4 x 11 13/16 ins (47.7 x 30 cm) (image) 20 x 15 7/8 ins (50.8 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-40, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71772
53 of 67
Public Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan
[The Americans]
1956 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 3/16 x 18 11/16 ins (31 x 47.4 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill, 2007, Accession Number: 2007-201-2, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71773
54 of 67
Restaurant, U.S. 1 Leaving Columbia, South Carolina
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 3/8 x 18 11/16 ins (31.4 x 47.4 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt, 2008, Accession Number: 2008-273-3, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71774
55 of 67
Rodeo, Detroit
[The Americans]
1956 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 3/16 x 18 9/16 ins (31 x 47.2 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt, 2008, Accession Number: 2008-273-2, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71775
56 of 67
Rodeo, New York City
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
18 9/16 x 11 7/8 ins (47.2 x 30.2 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill, 2003, Accession Number: 2003-227-3, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71776
57 of 67
Rooming House, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles
1955
Gelatin silver print
18 7/8 x 12 5/16 ins (48 x 31.3 cm) (image) 20 × 15 7/8 ins (50.8 × 40.4 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-53, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71777
58 of 67
Salt Lake City, Utah
1956 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 7/8 x 12 3/16 ins (48 x 30.9 cm) (image) 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 ins (50.5 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-49, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71778
59 of 67
Savannah, Georgia
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1969 (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 13/16 x 12 3/16 ins (47.8 x 31 cm) (image) 20 x 15 15/16 ins (50.8 x 40.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-58, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71779
60 of 67
St. Petersburg, Florida
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 7/8 x 19 ins (32.7 x 48.3 cm) (image) 16 x 19 7/8 ins (40.6 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-31, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71780
61 of 67
Store Window, Washington, D.C.
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 7/8 x 18 3/4 ins (32.7 x 47.7 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 15/16 ins (40.3 x 50.6 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-51, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71781
62 of 67
Trolley, New Orleans
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
12 5/16 x 18 13/16 ins (31.2 x 47.8 cm) (image) 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 ins (40.3 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-55, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71782
63 of 67
U.S. 285, New Mexico
1955
Gelatin silver print
18 3/4 x 12 3/8 ins (47.6 x 31.5 cm) (image) 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 ins (50.5 x 40.3 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-42, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71783
64 of 67
U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas
[The Americans]
1955 (taken) 1960s (print)
Gelatin silver print
18 11/16 x 12 3/8 ins (47.5 x 31.5 cm) (image) 19 13/16 x 15 15/16 ins (50.3 x 40.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-59, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71784
65 of 67
View from Hotel Window, Butte, Montana
1956
Gelatin silver print
12 11/16 x 18 13/16 ins (32.3 x 47.8 cm) (image) 16 x 19 7/8 ins (40.6 x 50.5 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969, Accession Number: 1969-195-45, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71785
66 of 67
Yale Commencement, New Haven, Connecticut
[The Americans]
1955
Gelatin silver print
12 7/16 x 18 11/16 ins (31.6 x 47.4 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Susan P. MacGill, 2003, Accession Number: 2003-227-2, © Robert Frank, the The Americans
LL/71786
67 of 67
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