Robert Frank
Car Accident, U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona

Car Accident, U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Car Accident, U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona
Car Accident, U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Car Accident, U.S. 66, between Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955, printed 1972–1977
PlaceWinslow (near), Arizona, United States
PlaceFlagstaff (near), Arizona, United States
Placebetween Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 5/16 × 12 11/16 in. (21.1 × 32.2 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 number82.504
Not on view

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

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " U.S. #66 Arizona 1956 "
verso bottom right in pencil " X "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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