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From the Bus, New York

Artist Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019)
Date1958
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 9/16 × 16 3/8 inches (34.45 × 41.59 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 16 13/16 inches (35.56 × 42.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.61.13
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: “R Frank”; Copyright on sheet verso, lower left, black stamp with blue ink: “COPYRIGHT © Robert Frank 1978 / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED”; On sheet verso, lower right, black stamp with pencil: “ROBERT FRANK ARCHIVE / From the bus / 404”.
InscribedTitled on sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: “From the Bus”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “RF46” / “101”
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of woman with short hair and sunglass running towards man in suit. She is smiling with one arm outstretched towards the man who faces away from viewer. In the background, others walk along the sidewalk lined with storefronts.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Robert Frank; Courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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