Robert Frank
Picnic Ground, Glendale, California

Picnic Ground, Glendale, California

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Picnic Ground, Glendale, California
Picnic Ground, Glendale, California
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Picnic Ground, Glendale, California
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955–1956
PlaceGlendale, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 13 in. (22.1 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 in. (27.8 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number84.153
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe Pablo Frank Trust; purchased by MFAH, 1984.
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 " PICNIC GROUNDS Glendale, California "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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