Price databaseBrowseSell your artwork
Watchlist

Robert Frank

American · 1924–2019 · Photographer

Robert Frank was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de… (Wikipedia)

Own a work by Robert Frank? Get a free auction estimate →

173lots offered2013–2026years recorded61%sold (105)$27.7kSign up free to seemedian price

3 works by Robert Frank coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓

Record prices

  1. Robert Frank, Trolley – New Orleans, 1955, Gelatin silver print, printed laterTrolley – New OrleansPhillips · $403,200≈ £293,045≈ €339,594Sign up to see
  2. Robert Frank, Trolley, New Orleans, 1955-1956, Gelatin silver print, printed laterTrolley, New OrleansPhillips · $242,500≈ £159,950≈ €188,863Sign up to see
  3. Robert Frank, City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955-1956, Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s or beforeCity Fathers, Hoboken, New JerseyPhillips · $212,500≈ £167,099≈ €189,546Sign up to see

Robert Frank’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Coming up at auction

3 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house

Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.

All filters
Longest side–Reset

8 results match these filters

Sign up free to see all prices. You’ve seen the free realized prices for this month. Artist, title, date, house, medium, size and estimates stay visible to everyone. Create a free account · Sign in
  1. Robert Frank, City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955-1956, Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s or before
    City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955-1956
    Photograph
    10 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (27.6 x 37.8 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 5
    $212,500≈ £167,099≈ €189,546Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $200,000–300,000View at Phillips ↗
  2. Robert Frank, From the Funeral, Frogmore, South Carolina, 1955, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    From the Funeral, Frogmore, South Carolina, 1955
    Photograph
    7 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (19.7 x 13.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 208
    $23,750≈ £16,641≈ €20,870Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $20,000–30,000View at Phillips ↗
  3. Robert Frank, Pablo, March, 1979, Gelatin silver print
    Pablo, March, 1979
    Photograph
    13 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (34 x 25.7 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 216
    $10,625≈ £7,445≈ €9,337Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Phillips ↗
  4. Robert Frank, Inauguration Day (Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.), 1957, Gelatin silver print, printed 1960's
    Inauguration Day (Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.), 1957
    Photograph
    8 7/8 x 13 in. (22.5 x 33 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 221
    $37,500≈ £26,275≈ €32,953Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $30,000–50,000View at Phillips ↗
  5. Robert Frank, Elizabethtown, North Carolina, 1955, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Elizabethtown, North Carolina, 1955
    Photograph
    13 x 8 1/2 in. (33 x 21.6 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 206
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $8,000–12,000View at Phillips ↗
  6. Robert Frank, New York, Pablo's Bottle - Monica's Car, 1973, Gelatin silver print
    New York, Pablo's Bottle - Monica's Car, 1973
    Photograph
    18 3/4 x 15 in. (47.6 x 38.1 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 213
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $25,000–35,000View at Phillips ↗
  7. Robert Frank, Mabou Window, 1977, Gelatin silver print
    Mabou Window, 1977
    Photograph
    13 x 9 5/8 in. (33 x 24.4 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 214
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $7,000–9,000View at Phillips ↗
  8. Robert Frank, Mary + Pablo, Paris, 1950, Gelatin silver print, printed later
    Mary + Pablo, Paris, 1950
    Photograph
    8 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (22.2 x 34 cm)
    Phillips · · Lot 215
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $12,000–18,000View at Phillips ↗
Also offered, result not published (1)

Lots by Robert Frank that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

Robert Frank photographs (170)

Related artists — American, born 1899–1949

More American artists of the same period