City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey

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Artist Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019)American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019

CultureAmerican

Titles

City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey
from the series The Americans

Date1955

Place depictedHoboken, New Jersey, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 12 1/8 in. (20.4 × 30.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores

Object number76.243

Not on view

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Photography

Special Collections

Target Collection of American Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Progue, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C. for from Aug. 1 to Sep. 30, 1989 (LN:89.10).

Exhibited: "Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Jan. 18 - Apr. 30, 1995 (LN:95.7).

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.

Published References "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, A Permanent Legacy," Introduction by Dr. Peter C. Marzio, Houston, 1989. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom center below image in ink " HOBOKEN 1955 "

bottom right below image in ink " R. Frank. "

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