Robert Frank
Canal Street, New Orleans

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

CultureAmerican

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Canal Street, New Orleans
from the series The Americans

Date1955, printed 1972–1977

PlaceNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 10 15/16 in. (18.4 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)

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

Object number82.502

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: "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

Signed in black ink, recto, below image: New Orleans 1956 Robert Frank

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