Robert Frank
Men's Room, Railway Station, Memphis, Tennessee

Men's Room, Railway Station, Memphis, Tennessee

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Men's Room, Railway Station, Memphis, Tennessee
Men's Room, Railway Station, Memphis, Tennessee
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Men's Room, Railway Station, Memphis, Tennessee
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955
PlaceMemphis, Tennessee, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 12 15/16 in. (21.6 × 32.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jerry E. and Nanette Finger
Object number84.129
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).


"Art of Tennessee," Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, September 13, 2003–January 18, 2004.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " Railroad Sta. Memphis Tennessee "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. 1955 "

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