Robert Frank
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Artist Robert Frank American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019

CultureAmerican

Titles

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
from the series The Americans

Date1955

PlaceBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 13 3/16 in. (22.4 × 33.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)

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

Object number82.512

Not on view

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Department

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).

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom left below image in ink " Baton-Rouge Louisiana "

bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. 1956 "

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