Robert Frank
Restaurant, U.S. 1 Leaving Columbia, South Carolina

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Restaurant, U.S. 1 Leaving Columbia, South Carolina
from the series The Americans

Date1955

PlaceColumbia, South Carolina, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)

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

Object number82.511

Not on view

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Photography

Special Collections

Target Collection of American Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Museum Folkwang, Essen, for "The Truth of the Real - Edward Hopper and Photography," June 28 to Sep. 20, 1992 (LN:92.17).
Loaned 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: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom left below image in ink " Cafe, South Carolina U.S. #1 ORAL ROBERTS on TV 1956 "

bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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