Robert Frank
Funeral, St. Helena, South Carolina

Funeral, St. Helena, South Carolina

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Funeral, St. Helena, South Carolina
Funeral, St. Helena, South Carolina
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Funeral, St. Helena, South Carolina
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955
PlaceSt. Helena, South Carolina, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 12 5/8 in. (21.6 × 32.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jerry E. and Nanette Finger
Object number83.80
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 " Beaufort South Carolina 1955 "
verso bottom left black ink smudge
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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