Robert Frank
U.S. 91, Leaving Blackfoot, Idaho

U.S. 91, Leaving Blackfoot, Idaho

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

U.S. 91, Leaving Blackfoot, Idaho
U.S. 91, Leaving Blackfoot, Idaho
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • U.S. 91, Leaving Blackfoot, Idaho
  • from the series The Americans
Date1956
Place depictedBlackfoot, Idaho, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 5/8 × 12 7/8 in. (21.9 × 32.7 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (27.8 × 35.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number84.148
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe Pablo Frank Trust; purchased by MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History"Public Information: Desire, Disaster, Document," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, January 18–April 30, 1995.

"Car Culture," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, January 18–April 27, 2008.

"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 " U.S. #91 IDAHO "
bottom right below image in ink " Robert Frank-1956 "

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