Robert Frank
Les Lignes de la Main (Lines of My Hand)

Les Lignes de la Main (Lines of My Hand)

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Les Lignes de la Main (Lines of My Hand)
Les Lignes de la Main (Lines of My Hand)
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
ArtistAmerican, 1929–2024
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Les Lignes de la Main (Lines of My Hand)
Datec. 1971
PlaceUnited States
MediumMaquette for book with cover, contact prints and halftone
DimensionsOverall (.1 Maquette): 9 3/16 × 7 3/16 × 11/16 in. (23.4 × 18.3 × 1.8 cm)
Other (.2 Loose Paper): 5 1/2 × 17 13/16 in. (14 × 45.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Gay Block
Object number89.118.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Provenance[Laurence Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History“A History of Photography V,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 27–September 5, 2016.

"Robert Frank: A Retrospective from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 14–October 14, 2001.

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