ROBERT FRANK(1924)
Nevada, 1956 Tirée par l"artiste vers la fin 1950 Épreuve argentique d"époque, 276x353 mm, étiquette au verso : «Robert Frank Nevada 1956, RF 138» Nevada, 1956 Printed by the artist in the late 1950"s Vintage gelatin silver print, 276x353 mm, captioned and dated in pencil on a label verso : «Robert Frank Nevada 1956, RF 138» Robert Frank came to see me at Magnum"s New York office, to talk about joining us. His talent was obvious, I had met him when I was at LHJ - but I had to put him off. We had too many mouths to feed, and a hungry Elliott Erwitt had joined us the day before, with the blessing of Robert Capa in Paris. Thanks to two Gugggenheim Fellowships Frank flourished. Years later a small delegation from Magnum - I think just Henri, Cornell and I - went to see Robert and his sculptor wife Mary at their Bowery loft, to talk about joining us. It was too late, but we remain friends.