Frank, Robert 1924-
Overview
| Works: | 391 works in 1,154 publications in 5 languages and 18,088 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Exhibition catalogs Pictorial works Illustrated works Exhibition, pictorial works Aerial views Documentary films Nonfiction films Short films Experimental films Criticism, interpretation, etc |
| Roles: | Author, Photographer, Illustrator, Director, fmk, Cinematographer , Other, Artist, Interviewee, Adapter, Author of screenplay, Film editor, Performer, Editor, Narrator, Contributor, Restager , Commentator, Dedicatee, Producer, Creator |
| Classifications: | TR654, 779.092 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
Robert Frank
- Awakening the eye : Robert Frank's American cinema by George Kouvaros( )
- Robert Frank by Robert Frank( Book )
- Postcards from the road : Robert Frank's 'The Americans' by Jonathan Day( )
- The Americans by Robert Frank( Book )
- Looking in : Robert Frank's The Americans by Sarah Greenough( Book )
- Robert Frank : New York to Nova Scotia by Robert Frank( Book )
- Art and film since 1945 : Hall of mirrors by Kerry Brougher( Book )
- Story lines by Robert Frank( Book )
- Photography after Frank by Philip Gefter( Book )
- American witness : the art and life of Robert Frank by R. J Smith( Book )
- Black white and things by Robert Frank( Book )
- Hold still, keep going by Robert Frank( Book )
- Flamingo by Robert Frank( Book )
- Walker Evans and Robert Frank : an essay on influence by Tod Papageorge( Book )
- The social scene : the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation photography collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles by Calif.) Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles( Book )
- Paris by Robert Frank( Book )
- Robert Frank : London/Wales by Robert Frank( Book )
- Robert Frank : thank you by Robert Frank( Book )
- Robert Frank by Robert Frank( Book )
- Robert Frank : a bibliography, filmography, and exhibition chronology, 1946-1985 by Stuart Alexander( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Robert Frank
The Americans by
Robert Frank(
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65 editions published between 1958 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" An excellent association copy, inscribed by poet/photographer Allen Ginsberg: “A late Birthday Present - July 8, 1985 on 57th St. for Lucien Carr from Allen Ginsberg.” Ginsberg met Carr at Columbia University in 1943, and through Carr met Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and William Burroughs. In the NYT Obituary for Carr (30 January 2005), Ginsberg’s earlier comment about Carr’s role in the circle of friendships that gave birth to the literary arm of the Beat generation was quoted: “Lou was the glue.” Carr went to work for United Press International in 1946 and was promoted to night news editor in 1956, coincident with the preparations for press of the first public edition of Howl. Carr was included, with Kerouac, Burroughs and Cassady, in the printed dedication, and when he received his copy, he wrote Ginsberg expressing “one small gripe” about his inclusion there, and requesting, out of deference to his privacy, that Ginsberg avoid such mention in future books. At Ginsberg’s expense, Carr’s name was deleted from the dedication page of the second impression (then already printed), and from subsequent printings.Nonetheless, in 1982, Ginsberg dedicated Plutonian Ode to Carr, “... for friendship allthese years....” --description from William Reese Company, bookseller
65 editions published between 1958 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" An excellent association copy, inscribed by poet/photographer Allen Ginsberg: “A late Birthday Present - July 8, 1985 on 57th St. for Lucien Carr from Allen Ginsberg.” Ginsberg met Carr at Columbia University in 1943, and through Carr met Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and William Burroughs. In the NYT Obituary for Carr (30 January 2005), Ginsberg’s earlier comment about Carr’s role in the circle of friendships that gave birth to the literary arm of the Beat generation was quoted: “Lou was the glue.” Carr went to work for United Press International in 1946 and was promoted to night news editor in 1956, coincident with the preparations for press of the first public edition of Howl. Carr was included, with Kerouac, Burroughs and Cassady, in the printed dedication, and when he received his copy, he wrote Ginsberg expressing “one small gripe” about his inclusion there, and requesting, out of deference to his privacy, that Ginsberg avoid such mention in future books. At Ginsberg’s expense, Carr’s name was deleted from the dedication page of the second impression (then already printed), and from subsequent printings.Nonetheless, in 1982, Ginsberg dedicated Plutonian Ode to Carr, “... for friendship allthese years....” --description from William Reese Company, bookseller
Robert Frank by
Sarah Greenough(
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17 editions published in 1994 in English and German and held by 742 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays by five noted scholars draw upon the National Gallery of Art's archive of Frank's work, examining his contribution to the art of photography and film
17 editions published in 1994 in English and German and held by 742 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays by five noted scholars draw upon the National Gallery of Art's archive of Frank's work, examining his contribution to the art of photography and film
The lines of my hand by
Robert Frank(
Book
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29 editions published in 1989 in English and German and held by 516 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I have been going forward, travelling my road while looking out. I am listening to my voice. The landscape changes and me too. Years ago a first version of the lines of my hand was published. Since then many have gone a way. I continue to look and search for an image that comes close to a truth. It is my choice, it is my fate, and I continue.... Robert Frank
29 editions published in 1989 in English and German and held by 516 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I have been going forward, travelling my road while looking out. I am listening to my voice. The landscape changes and me too. Years ago a first version of the lines of my hand was published. Since then many have gone a way. I continue to look and search for an image that comes close to a truth. It is my choice, it is my fate, and I continue.... Robert Frank
Charles Pratt, photographs by
Charles Pratt(
Book
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3 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The lines of my hand by
Robert Frank(
Book
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9 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 251 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fotografisk billedværk
9 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 251 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fotografisk billedværk
From Incas to Indios by
Werner Bischof(
Book
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5 editions published in 1956 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Photo-essay on the Indians of Andean Peru and Bolivia, including Cuzco and Machu Picchu
5 editions published in 1956 in English and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Photo-essay on the Indians of Andean Peru and Bolivia, including Cuzco and Machu Picchu
Driftless : photographs from Iowa by
Danny Wilcox Frazier(
Book
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2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In Driftless, Danny Wilcox Frazier's dramatic black-and-white photographs portray a changing Midwest of vanishing towns and transformed landscapes. As rural economies fail, people and resources are migrating to the coasts and cities, as though the heart of America were being emptied. Frazier's arresting photographs take us into Iowa's abandoned places and illuminate the lives of those people who stay behind and continue to live there: young people at leisure, fishermen on the Mississippi, veterans on Memorial Day, Amish women playing cards, as well as more recent arrivals, Lubavitcher Hasidic Jews at prayer and Latinos at work in the fields. Frazier's camera finds these newcomers while it also captures activities that seemingly have gone on forever: harvesting and hunting, celebrating and socializing, praying and surviving.Poetic and dark but illuminated with flashes of insight, this collection of photographs is a portrait of contemporary rural Iowa, but it is also more than that. It shows what is happening in many rural and out-of-the-way communities all over the United States, where people find ways to get by in the wake of closing factories and the demise of family farms. Taken by a true insider who has lived in Iowa his entire life, Frazier's photographs are rich in emotion and give expression to the hopes and desires of the people who remain, whose needs and wants are complicated by the economic realities remaking rural America."--Google Books
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In Driftless, Danny Wilcox Frazier's dramatic black-and-white photographs portray a changing Midwest of vanishing towns and transformed landscapes. As rural economies fail, people and resources are migrating to the coasts and cities, as though the heart of America were being emptied. Frazier's arresting photographs take us into Iowa's abandoned places and illuminate the lives of those people who stay behind and continue to live there: young people at leisure, fishermen on the Mississippi, veterans on Memorial Day, Amish women playing cards, as well as more recent arrivals, Lubavitcher Hasidic Jews at prayer and Latinos at work in the fields. Frazier's camera finds these newcomers while it also captures activities that seemingly have gone on forever: harvesting and hunting, celebrating and socializing, praying and surviving.Poetic and dark but illuminated with flashes of insight, this collection of photographs is a portrait of contemporary rural Iowa, but it is also more than that. It shows what is happening in many rural and out-of-the-way communities all over the United States, where people find ways to get by in the wake of closing factories and the demise of family farms. Taken by a true insider who has lived in Iowa his entire life, Frazier's photographs are rich in emotion and give expression to the hopes and desires of the people who remain, whose needs and wants are complicated by the economic realities remaking rural America."--Google Books
Don't blink : Robert Frank(
Visual
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3 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and held by 218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Robert Frank, now 91 years old, is among the most influential artists of the last half-century. His seminal volume, The Americans, published in 1958, records the Swiss-born photographer's candid reactions to peculiarly American versions of poverty and racism. Today it is a classic work that helped define the off-the-cuff, idiosyncratic elegance that are hallmarks of Frank's artistry
3 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and held by 218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Robert Frank, now 91 years old, is among the most influential artists of the last half-century. His seminal volume, The Americans, published in 1958, records the Swiss-born photographer's candid reactions to peculiarly American versions of poverty and racism. Today it is a classic work that helped define the off-the-cuff, idiosyncratic elegance that are hallmarks of Frank's artistry
Pull my daisy by
Robert Frank(
Visual
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19 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in English and held by 192 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Pull my daisy, a family struggling to fit in with their suburban neighbors, invites the local bishop over for dinner. However, their "Beat" friends crash the party. The last clean shirt follows a man and a woman as they drive a convertible automobile around in a city and talk to each other
19 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in English and held by 192 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Pull my daisy, a family struggling to fit in with their suburban neighbors, invites the local bishop over for dinner. However, their "Beat" friends crash the party. The last clean shirt follows a man and a woman as they drive a convertible automobile around in a city and talk to each other
Frank films : the film and video work of Robert Frank by
Robert Frank(
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3 editions published in 2003 in English and German and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 2003 in English and German and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Peru : photographs by
Robert Frank(
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6 editions published in 2008 in English and Spanish and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reproduction d'un album composé en 1949 par le photographe américain, regroupant 39 photographies prises en 1948 au Pérou
6 editions published in 2008 in English and Spanish and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reproduction d'un album composé en 1949 par le photographe américain, regroupant 39 photographies prises en 1948 au Pérou
Robert Frank in America by
Peter Galassi(
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2 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Les Américains by
Robert Frank(
Book
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17 editions published between 1958 and 2018 in French and Spanish and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From April 1955, when he secured a Guggenheim Fellowship (with recommendations from Walker Evans, Edward Steichen, Meyer Shapiro, Alexey Brodovitch, and Alexander Liberman), to June 1956, Robert Frank made a number of short trips out from New York and one long (nine-month) journey to the West Coast in a 1950 Ford to photograph America. From the more than twenty thousand images (on 687 rolls of film) that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters, each beginning with a flag image. ... Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography ... The Delpire first edition Les Americains (1958) is more like a sociological study wherein Frank's photographs appear as illustrations of the probing texts printed on facing pages, gathered by Alain Bosquet from dozens of illustrious writers"--The Book of 101 Books : Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century / edited by Andrew Roth. New York : PPP Editions in association with Ruth Horowitz, 2001
17 editions published between 1958 and 2018 in French and Spanish and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From April 1955, when he secured a Guggenheim Fellowship (with recommendations from Walker Evans, Edward Steichen, Meyer Shapiro, Alexey Brodovitch, and Alexander Liberman), to June 1956, Robert Frank made a number of short trips out from New York and one long (nine-month) journey to the West Coast in a 1950 Ford to photograph America. From the more than twenty thousand images (on 687 rolls of film) that resulted, Frank eventually chose 83 of them and arranged them into four chapters, each beginning with a flag image. ... Such a simple intention for a book that would so alter the course of modern photography ... The Delpire first edition Les Americains (1958) is more like a sociological study wherein Frank's photographs appear as illustrations of the probing texts printed on facing pages, gathered by Alain Bosquet from dozens of illustrious writers"--The Book of 101 Books : Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century / edited by Andrew Roth. New York : PPP Editions in association with Ruth Horowitz, 2001
Robert Frank : the complete film works(
Visual
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Pull My Daisy is a 1959 short film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of a stage play he never finished entitled 'Beat Generation'. Kerouac also provided improvised narration. It starred Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers, Peter Orlovsky, David Amram, Richard Bellamy, Alice Neel, Sally Gross and Pablo, Frank's then-infant son. Based on an incident in the life of Neal Cassady and his wife Carolyn, Daisy tells the story of a railway brakeman whose painter wife invites a respectable bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy was praised for years as an improvisational masterpiece, until Leslie revealed in 1968 that the film was actually carefully planned, rehearsed, and directed by him and Frank."--Publisher's description
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Pull My Daisy is a 1959 short film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of a stage play he never finished entitled 'Beat Generation'. Kerouac also provided improvised narration. It starred Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Larry Rivers, Peter Orlovsky, David Amram, Richard Bellamy, Alice Neel, Sally Gross and Pablo, Frank's then-infant son. Based on an incident in the life of Neal Cassady and his wife Carolyn, Daisy tells the story of a railway brakeman whose painter wife invites a respectable bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy was praised for years as an improvisational masterpiece, until Leslie revealed in 1968 that the film was actually carefully planned, rehearsed, and directed by him and Frank."--Publisher's description
Die Amerikaner by
Robert Frank(
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11 editions published between 1986 and 2008 in German and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1986 and 2008 in German and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pull my daisy by
Jack Kerouac(
Book
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12 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in English and held by 120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in English and held by 120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Robert Frank : the complete film works(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
OK end here: A short fictional film about a crumbling romantic relationship
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
OK end here: A short fictional film about a crumbling romantic relationship
Robert Frank : [Ausstellung Robert Frank: Moving Out, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2. Oktober - 31. Dezember
1994 ... Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, 2. März - 19. Mai 1996] by
Sarah Greenough(
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7 editions published in 1995 in German and English and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1995 in German and English and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Henry Frank : father photographer, 1890-1976 by
Henry Frank(
Book
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4 editions published in 2009 in English and German and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 2009 in English and German and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Robert Frank : the complete film works(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
About me, a musical: An autobiographical film by filmmaker Robert Frank that poses questions concerning artistic expression and the function of memory
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
About me, a musical: An autobiographical film by filmmaker Robert Frank that poses questions concerning artistic expression and the function of memory
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Related Identities
- National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Other Publisher Organizer of meeting
- Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969 Other Contributor Lyricist Author of introduction Author of screenplay Author Editor Narrator
- Greenough, Sarah 1951- Interviewee Author Interviewer
- Brookman, Philip Editor Director Author of screenplay Film editor Author Contributor
- Steidl Verlag Publisher
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Alexander, Stuart Author
- Aperture, Inc
- Eskildsen, Ute Illustrator Curator Editor
- Kouvaros, George Author
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Américains (Frank, Robert) Arbus, Diane, Art Art and motion pictures Beat generation Bolivia Brassaï, Canada Cassady, Neal Cinematographers Civilization Country life Documentary photography England--London Evans, Walker, France--Paris Frank, Robert, Frazier, Danny Wilcox, Friedlander, Lee Friendship Hunger strikes Independent filmmakers Indians of South America Interpersonal relations Iowa Kerouac, Jack, Levitt, Helen Lyon, Danny Manners and customs Motion picture producers and directors Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) Museum of Fine Arts, Houston National characteristics, American Overpopulation Peru Pfahl, John, Photographers Photographic criticism Photography Photography, Artistic Portrait photography Portraits, American Pratt, Charles, Social conditions Street photography Switzerland United States Vernacular photography Wales Winogrand, Garry,
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Frank, Robert
Frank, Robert Louis
Frank, Robert Louis 1924-... photographe
Fulanke, Luobote 1924-
Robert Frank
Robert Frank artiste
Robert Frank fotografo e regista svizzero
Robert Frank kunstenaar
Robert Frank schweizerisch-US-amerikanischer Fotograf, Filmregisseur und Kameramann
Robert Frank Schweizisk-amerikansk fotograf
Robert Frank Zwitsers-Amerikaans fotograaf
Robertus Frank
Франк, Роберт
רוברט פרנק
رابرت فرانک
روبرت فرانك
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