U.S. 91, leaving Blackfoot, Idaho
Artist
Robert Frank
(American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019)
Date1955; printed ca. 1970
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 11/16 × 19 inches (32.23 × 48.26 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 inches (40.31 × 50.34 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 inches (40.31 × 50.34 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.25.1
SignedSigned and dated on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "Robert Frank . 1955"
InscribedInscribed on sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "BLACKFOOT, IDAHO"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "R.F.A.032.3", "3203-I"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of two young men in front seat of car, one at the wheel, both looking straight ahead.ProvenancePurchased from Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY by Ruth and Jake Bloom, California, 1997;
Purchased from their sale Robert Frank: The American The Ruth and Jake Bloom Collection No. 9249, Sotheby's New York, December 17, 2015, lot 30, by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Purchased from their sale Robert Frank: The American The Ruth and Jake Bloom Collection No. 9249, Sotheby's New York, December 17, 2015, lot 30, by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Robert Frank; Courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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