Trolley, New Orleans

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

Special Collections

Target Collection of American Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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