Artist
Robert Frank American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Bank, Houston, Texas
- from the series The Americans
Date1955
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/16 × 8 in. (31 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jerry E. and Nanette Finger
Object number84.134
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
"Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans," National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 18–April 24, 2009; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, May 17–August 23, 2009; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September22–December 27, 2009.
"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 7, 2012–January 2, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " BANK, Houston, Texas "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank 1956 "
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