Robert Frank
Detroit

Detroit

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Detroit
Detroit
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Detroit
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955
PlaceDetroit, Michigan, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 1/4 in. (22.5 × 33.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jerry E. and Nanette Finger
Object number84.139
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).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " Detroit 1955 "
verso top right corner in pencil " S "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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