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Democratic Convention

Artist Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019)
Date1956; printed 1970s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 13 1/4 inches (20.65 × 33.66 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.94 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.12.34
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "R. Frank"; On sheet verso, lower left, black stamp with blue pen: "COPYRIGHT © Robert Frank 1978 / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
InscribedOn sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "Convention 56"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, black stamp with pencil: 'ROBERT FRANK ARCHIVE / Convention 56 / (Chicago) / 305"; On sheet verso, lowe right corner, in pencil: "900".
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DescriptionImage of a group of women behind wall during 1956 Democratic Convention.
Copyright© Robert Frank; Courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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