Detroit
Artist
Robert Frank
(American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019)
Date1955; printed 1970s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/4 × 8 7/16 inches (33.66 × 21.43 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 11 inches (35.72 × 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 11 inches (35.72 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1376
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "Robert Frank.";
On sheet verso, lower left, black stamp with pencil: "COPYRIGHT © Robert Frank / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED";
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "DETROIT 1955"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "5-19";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "LINES 78 / ARCHIVE 1126".
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DescriptionImage of a woman seated in a ticket booth which is covered in movie posters and a sign which reads "Joan Crawford". A row of lightbulbs line the top of the frame.Gallery LabelThis photograph of a young ticket-taker, surrounded by a veritable collage of idealized Hollywood imagery, conveys a sense of individual loneliness and anonymity. A restless and rebellious spirit, Robert Frank left his native Switzerland in 1947 for New York City. Working with a small 35mm camera in a quick and candid manner, Frank made entirely personal images. Like the Beat poets and jazz musicians of the time, he sought a raw, intuitive, and deeply human kind of expression.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1985;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Robert Frank; Courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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