Details
| Artist | Robert Frank, American, 1924 - 2019 |
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| Date | 1955, printed ca. 1960s |
| Medium | gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 8 7/8 × 13 1/8 inches (22.5 × 33.3 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Coville Photographic Fund |
| Accession Number | 1999.7 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed in black pen and ink, lower right: Robert Frank |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, dated in black pen and ink, lower left: River Rouge Ford Assembly Plant 1955 In pencil, verso, upper right edge: RF. A. 050.1 Upper right corner: 5005 I (J) |
Provenance
1997, Robert Frank (New York, New York, USA).
1997-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1997-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Frank, Robert. Les Americans, with text by Alain Bosquet. Paris, 1958, p. 109 (ill.).
Frank, Robert. The Americans, with text by Jack Kerouac. New York, 1978, p. 111 (ill.).
Robert Frank: The Americans. Berlin, New York, 1997, p. 109 (ill.).
Barr, Nancy. "Truth, Memory, and the American Working-Class City: Robert Frank in Detroit and at the Rouge." Bulletin of the DIA 76, no. 1/2 (2002): p. 65 (ill.).
Barr, Nancy. "Motor City News, Robert Frank in Detroit and at the Rouge." BIG, no. 48 (Sept. 2003).
Baas, Valerie, and Nancy W. Barr. "Note on the Rarity and Care of Works by Robert Frank in the Detroit Institute of Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 80, no. 1/2 (2006): fig. 1, p. 54 (ill.).
Frank, Robert. The Americans, with text by Jack Kerouac. Gottingen, Germany, 2008, pl. 49.
Auto Photo: Cars & Photography, 1900 to Now. Exh. cat., Fondation Cartier. Paris, 2017, pp. 260-261 (ill.).
Frank, Robert. The Americans, with text by Jack Kerouac. New York, 1978, p. 111 (ill.).
Robert Frank: The Americans. Berlin, New York, 1997, p. 109 (ill.).
Barr, Nancy. "Truth, Memory, and the American Working-Class City: Robert Frank in Detroit and at the Rouge." Bulletin of the DIA 76, no. 1/2 (2002): p. 65 (ill.).
Barr, Nancy. "Motor City News, Robert Frank in Detroit and at the Rouge." BIG, no. 48 (Sept. 2003).
Baas, Valerie, and Nancy W. Barr. "Note on the Rarity and Care of Works by Robert Frank in the Detroit Institute of Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 80, no. 1/2 (2006): fig. 1, p. 54 (ill.).
Frank, Robert. The Americans, with text by Jack Kerouac. Gottingen, Germany, 2008, pl. 49.
Auto Photo: Cars & Photography, 1900 to Now. Exh. cat., Fondation Cartier. Paris, 2017, pp. 260-261 (ill.).
