Publisher/MFA

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"Mary's Book" is a collection of works by Robert Frank (1924–2019), one of the most renowned 20th-century photographers. This book is based on a privately-printed album Frank created in 1949 during his stay in Paris as a gift for his future wife, artist Mary Frank. By layering handwritten words and scraps of paper over small prints of cityscapes and still lifes, this work conveys the emotions and thoughts of his youth in the form of a book, revealing the beginnings of the artistic expression that would later lead to his masterpiece, "The Americans." The composition, which suggests human presence through absence, also reflects the influence of Elliott Erwitt, with whom Frank was friends in Paris at the same time, and strikes a balance between photographic observation and poetic construction. This book, where photographs, words, memory, and time intertwine, represents Frank's most intimate and experimental work, created on the eve of his pioneering career as a photographer. It is a valuable art book that documents the origins of his creative endeavors.