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Artist Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019)
Date1951
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 13/16 × 8 7/16 inches (32.56 × 21.39 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 inches (35.56 × 27.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard and Alice Thall
Object number2016.70.6
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "R.Frank."
InscribedInscribed with date on sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "LONDON 1951"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "7-60"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of two cars in foreground; an equestrian statue mounted on a plinth is partially obscured by the fog.Provenance

Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY by Richard and Alice Thall, Locust Valley, NY;

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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