Robert Frank
Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office - Butte, Montana

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office - Butte, Montana
from the series The Americans

Date1956

PlaceButte, Montana, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 12 7/16 × 8 5/16 in. (31.6 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (51.8 × 41.7 × 3.2 cm)

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

Object number83.95

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 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).

"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

bottom left below image in ink " BUTTE, Montana P. Office 1956 "

bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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