Robert Frank
Charity Ball, New York City

Charity Ball, New York City

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Charity Ball, New York City
Charity Ball, New York City
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Charity Ball, New York City
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 11/16 × 8 3/16 in. (32.2 × 20.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number83.104
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, January 18–April 30,1995.

"The Universal Archive," Museu Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal, March 9–May 3, 2009.

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


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " New York City 1955 "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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