Robert Frank
Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam

© The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation

Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam
ArtistAmerican, born Switzerland, 1924–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hoover Dam
Date1955
PlaceNevada-Arizona, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 7 15/16 in. (30.5 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of P/K Associates
Object number84.938
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceP/K Associates, New York; given to MFAH, 1984.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " HOOVER DAM 1956 "
verso in pencil upper right " 7-130 "
bottom right below image in ink " R. Frank. "

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