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Frederick FranckWW-1875-156929
1875·Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4·Image/paper: 23.2 × 18.7 cm (9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 25.9 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
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Catalogue
- Year
- 1875
- Medium
- Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 23.2 × 18.7 cm (9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 25.9 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Frederick Franck
Artist
Frederick Franck
Painting
Frederick Franck was an American painter, sculptor, and draughtsman whose practice bridged abstraction and figuration across seven decades of postwar art-making. Working primarily in oil, watercolor, and bronze, he developed a gestural approach to form that emphasized the act of perception itself. Based in New York, Franck maintained a consistent commitment to drawing as a primary discipline, treating each work as an investigation of presence rather than representation. His sculptures and paintings occupied a space between modernist reduction and expressionist urgency.
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- Frederick Franck
- Year
- 1875
- Medium
- Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 23.2 × 18.7 cm (9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 25.9 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1875-156929
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified