Robert Frank
Belle Isle, Detroit

Belle Isle, Detroit

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Belle Isle, Detroit
Belle Isle, Detroit
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Belle Isle, Detroit
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955
PlaceDetroit, Michigan, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 13 1/8 in. (22.4 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number83.108
Not on view

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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 " Belle Island, DETROIT "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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