Robert Frank
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
ArtistAmerican, 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
Object Type
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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