Frank Paulin

Mercedes-Benz Window
1957, printed c. 1975

Black and white photograph capturing a street scene through a window with reflections. A man in a trench coat and hat stands to the right, looking to the side, with the Mercedes-Benz logo and reversed lettering "MERCEDES-BENZ" visible on the window. The reflections show cars and pedestrians on the busy street outside.
Black and white photograph capturing a street scene through a window with reflections. A man in a trench coat and hat stands to the right, looking to the side, with the Mercedes-Benz logo and reversed lettering "MERCEDES-BENZ" visible on the window. The reflections show cars and pedestrians on the busy street outside.

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Date
1957, printed c. 1975

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 13/16in. (40.5 × 50.3 cm) Image: 12 15/16 × 19 1/4in. (32.9 × 48.9 cm)

Accession number
2009.54

Edition
Ed. 5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Frank Paulin

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