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Robert Frank

Los Angeles

1955

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Robert Frank

Los Angeles

1955

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 353 x 279 mm. (13 7/8 x 11 in.) Image: 330 x 220 mm. (13 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number 1988.329
Jan Howard, BMA, "A Century of American Photography: A Decade of BMA Acquisitions," 22 October 1997 - 11 January 1998.
Robert Frank, Millerton, Aperture, 1976, ill. p. 7 Robert Frank, The Americans, New York: Aperture in association with MOMA, 1969, ill. #61, unpaginated Robert Frank, The Americans, Millerton: Aperture, 1978, ill. p. 133 (#61) Anne Wilkes Tucker, Robert Frank: New York to Nove Scotia, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1986, p. 104 (#79) Robert Frank, The Lines of My Hand, New York: Lustrom Press, 1972, [contact strip 88] Vincent Todoli, Ino Cook, and Martin Schaub, Robert Frank: Fotografias/Films 1948-1984, Valencia, Spain: Sala Parpallo/Institucio Alfons el Magnanim, 1985, p. 119

Inscribed: FACE: (black ink) l.l. 'L.A. 1955 (smeared)'; (signed in black ink) l.r. 'Robert Frank'. VERSO: (pencil) u.l. 'R F-786-1; (pencil) u.ctr. '11x14 (circled)'; (pencil) u.r. '/13'; (stamped in black) l.ctr. 'PLEASE RETURN TO THE /PUBLICITY DEPARTMEN /The Museum of Modern Art /11 West 53rd St. New York'; (pencil) r.ctr. '2(circled) /77(crossed out) + neg /--/1000 130+'; (stamped in black) l.ctr. 'The photographer gives permission to reproduce /this photograph ONLY in connection with a review /of this exhibition //THIS PRINT MUST BE RETURNED TO THE DEPT. OF /PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART'; (signed in pencil) center 'Robert Frank'; (pencil) center '28'(crossed out)'; (partially peeled white label in black print) center 'Robert Frank /Collection Museum of Mo //PHOTOGRAPHS from /Museum of /Nov. 26, 1958'; (pencil) l.l. '3(circled)/No Title'; (pencil) l.r. '0087'.

Artist

Robert Frank

American, born Switzerland, 1924-2019

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