Robert Frank
Trolley, New Orleans

Trolley, New Orleans

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Trolley, New Orleans
Trolley, New Orleans
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Trolley, New Orleans
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955, printed 1972–1977
PlaceNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 13 7/16 in. (22.9 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number82.501
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).
Exhibited Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Glassell School January 23 - March 4, 1990
Exhibited: "Robert Frank: A Retrospective from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Cameron Foundation Gallery, July 14 - October 14, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " New Orleans 1956 "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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