Robert Frank
Backyard, Venice West, California

Backyard, Venice West, California

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Backyard, Venice West, California
Backyard, Venice West, California
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Backyard, Venice West, California
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955–1956
PlaceVenice, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 12 1/16 in. (20 × 30.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number82.506
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryLoaned to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, for "Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document," from Jan. 18 - Apr. 30, 1995 (LN:95.7).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " VENICE California 1956 "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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