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Robert Frank’s House, Nova Scotia

Walker Evans

Artwork Details

Robert Frank’s House, Nova Scotia
1971
Walker Evans
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);7 11/16 in x 7 5/8 in (19.53 cm x 19.37 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lunn, Jr., in Honor of the Centennial of The Michigan Daily
1990/2.40

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Description

Subject Matter:

This image depicts the photographer Robert Frank and his wife, Mary Frank, seated at a picnic table on a field outside of their home in Mabou, Nova Scotia. Unruly tufts of grass abound in the foreground, while a hill rises steeply in the background, compressing the space of the middleground occupied by the human and architectural subjects.

Physical Description:

This photograph depicts two figures seated at a picnic table outside a rural home.

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