Frank, Robert. Robert Frank. Aperture History of Photography Series No. 2.

Aperture, 1976. Illustrated white paper over boards with cover photo taken in Hoboken, New Jersey. No price on rear cover as sometimes seen. With chronology written by Robert Frank. Introductory essay by Rudolph Wurlitzer. Summary:

Robert Frank (1976), published as Volume 2 in the Aperture History of Photography Series, is a 96-page monograph edited by French publisher and curator Robert Delpire, featuring an introductory text by novelist and screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer.

Key Details & Summary

• Scope & Concept: Designed as an accessible retrospective, the monograph provides a concise overview of Swiss-born American photographer Robert Frank’s influential career, tracing his transition from mid-century photojournalism to raw street photography and experimental personal vision.

• Core Content: The book features a curated selection of Frank's landmark black-and-white photographs, heavily highlighting his iconic 1950s work from The Americans alongside earlier European imagery and later, more personal autobiographical work.

• Themes & Style: The images reflect Frank's signature subjective, candid style—capturing themes of solitude, American consumer culture, racial and social divides, and roadside landscapes—characterized by off-beat framing and emotional immediacy.

• Contextual Framing: Wurlitzer’s text provides critical context on Frank's aesthetic rupture with traditional photojournalism, his affinity with the Beat Generation, and his pivotal impact on post-war documentary photography.

Copies available:

• Very good with moderate wear on bottom of spine and splits in paper along the hinge along spine exterior as often found in this series of 15 titles. 
• VG-, with wear to cover.