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PUBLISHER
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9 x 12.5 in. / 136 pgs + 24 page facsimile / 75 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Forthcoming

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2025 p. 50   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9780878469000 TRADE
List Price: $55.00 CAD $82.00 GBP £47.00

AVAILABILITY
Awaiting stock

TERRITORY
WORLD

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 12/21/24–06/22/25

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Robert Frank: Mary’s Book

Text by Stuart Alexander, Kristen Gresh.

Robert Frank: Mary’s Book

Frank’s artist’s book and love letter for his first wife exemplifies the poetic, virtuosic approach to photobooks that would come to define his storied career

Called "a poet with a camera" by Edward Steichen, Robert Frank (1924–2019) was one of many artists who searched for creative freedom in postwar Paris. It was while he was living in the city in 1949 that Frank produced a seminal volume in his oeuvre: a rare, personal photobook made for his then-girlfriend, artist Mary Frank (née Lockspeiser). In Mary’s Book, the photographer chronicled his time in the city with his poetic, insightful and inquisitive eye, and experimented for the first time with combining text and image. This singular object proved an important bookmaking exercise for Frank, and remains as evidence of his maturing artistic vision, which led to one of the most influential photobooks of the 20th century, The Americans (1958).
Mary’s Book reproduces this love letter in full for the first time, accompanied by insightful essays from leading scholars. This facsimile clothbound volume, inscribed "this is for you" in Frank’s handwriting, re-creates the series of unbound pages nestled within one another, filled with handwritten notes and hand-cut prints. Readers can experience the Paris of the late 1940s through the visual harmonies of Robert Frank.


Robert Frank: Mary’s Book

STATUS: Forthcoming | 4/29/2025

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ROBERT FRANK MONOGRAPHS + ARTIST'S BOOKS

Robert Frank: Mary’s Book

ROBERT FRANK: MARY’S BOOK

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878469000
USD $55.00
| CAD $82 UK £ 47

Pub Date: 4/29/2025
Forthcoming


Robert Frank: Portfolio

ROBERT FRANK: PORTFOLIO

Steidl

ISBN: 9783958290228
USD $45.00
| CAD $68

Pub Date: 1/7/2025
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: Hope Makes Visions

ROBERT FRANK: HOPE MAKES VISIONS

Pace Publishing

ISBN: 9781948701785
USD $45.00
| CAD $67.5 UK £ 38

Pub Date: 2/11/2025
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: Seven Stories

ROBERT FRANK: SEVEN STORIES

Steidl

ISBN: 9783969993668
USD $45.00
| CAD $62

Pub Date: 4/29/2025
Forthcoming


Robert Frank: The Lines of My Hand

ROBERT FRANK: THE LINES OF MY HAND

Steidl

ISBN: 9783969993675
USD $60.00
| CAD $87.5

Pub Date: 4/29/2025
Forthcoming


Robert Frank: Visual Diaries

ROBERT FRANK: VISUAL DIARIES

Steidl

ISBN: 9783969993651
USD $80.00
| CAD $120

Pub Date: 4/29/2025
Forthcoming


Robert Frank: Red Table, Green Tree, From the Window, by the Window

ROBERT FRANK: RED TABLE, GREEN TREE, FROM THE WINDOW, BY THE WINDOW

Steidl

ISBN: 9783969993644
USD $80.00
| CAD $120

Pub Date: 4/29/2025
Forthcoming


Robert Frank: Hold Still, Keep Going

ROBERT FRANK: HOLD STILL, KEEP GOING

Steidl

ISBN: 9783969993699
USD $60.00
| CAD $87.5

Pub Date: 4/29/2025
Forthcoming


Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue

LIFE DANCES ON: ROBERT FRANK IN DIALOGUE

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633451643
USD $60.00
| CAD $87.5

Pub Date: 9/24/2024
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: Trolley—New Orleans

ROBERT FRANK: TROLLEY—NEW ORLEANS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633451193
USD $14.95
| CAD $20.95

Pub Date: 3/9/2021
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2019

ROBERT FRANK: BOOKS AND FILMS, 1947–2019

Steidl

ISBN: 9783958293069
USD $30.00
| CAD $42

Pub Date: 11/10/2020
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: Good days quiet

ROBERT FRANK: GOOD DAYS QUIET

Steidl

ISBN: 9783958295506
USD $40.00
| CAD $56

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: London/Wales

ROBERT FRANK: LONDON/WALES

Steidl

ISBN: 9783958290396
USD $45.00
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 6/18/2019
Active | Out of stock


Robert Frank: Leon of Juda

ROBERT FRANK: LEON OF JUDA

Steidl

ISBN: 9783958293113
USD $30.00
| CAD $40

Pub Date: 11/21/2017
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: Hold Still, Keep Going

ROBERT FRANK: HOLD STILL, KEEP GOING

Steidl

ISBN: 9783869309040
USD $40.00
| CAD $54

Pub Date: 11/22/2016
Active | In stock


Robert Frank: Film Works

ROBERT FRANK: FILM WORKS

Steidl

ISBN: 9783958290365
USD $175.00
| CAD $235

Pub Date: 10/25/2016
Active | In stock