Robert Frank
Covered Car, Long Beach, California

Covered Car, Long Beach, California

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Covered Car, Long Beach, California
Covered Car, Long Beach, California
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Covered Car, Long Beach, California
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955–1956, printed 1972–1977
PlaceLong Beach, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 13 1/8 in. (22.9 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jerry E. and Nanette Finger
Object number83.88
Non exposé

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Department
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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Truth of the Real - Edward Hopper and Photography," Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, June 28–September 20, 1992.

"Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, January 18–April 30, 1995.

"Car Culture," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, January 18–April 27, 2008.

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