Robert Frank
Hotel Lobby, Miami Beach

Hotel Lobby, Miami Beach

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Hotel Lobby, Miami Beach
Hotel Lobby, Miami Beach
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hotel Lobby, Miami Beach
  • from the series The Americans
Date1955
PlaceMiami Beach, Florida, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 8 1/16 in. (29.5 × 20.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number84.146
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe Pablo Frank Trust; purchased by MFAH, 1984.
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 " Miami Beach 1956 "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank. "

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