Robert Frank
Yom Kippur, East River, New York City

Yom Kippur, East River, New York City

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Yom Kippur, East River, New York City
Yom Kippur, East River, New York City
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Yom Kippur, East River, New York City
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955–1956
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 13 3/8 in. (22.7 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number82.499
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, January 18– April 30,1995.

"The Universal Archive," Museu Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal, March 9–May 3, 2009.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " New York City Jewish Holy Day "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank 1955 "

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