NYC
Artist
Robert Frank
(American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019)
Date1949
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 13 3/8 inches (22.4 × 33.99 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 inches (27.61 × 35.56 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 inches (27.61 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard and Alice Thall
Object number2016.70.8
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "Robert Frank."
InscribedInscribed with date on sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "NYC 1949 ?"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "7-23"
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DescriptionImage of a multistory building a large roof-top sign which reads "SUNSHINE BISCUITS"ProvenancePurchased 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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