About the Artwork
Detroit
1955, printed ca. 1960s
Robert Frank
1924 - 2019
American
Unknown
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/16 × 13 1/2 inches (23 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Coville Photographic Fund
1999.6
© June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation
Markings
Signed in black ink, lower right: Robert Frank.
Inscribed, titled, dated in black ink, lower right: Detroit 1955 In pencil, verso, upper left corner: 603 - 2- II Verso, upper right corner: RF.601; 603 20 II (L)
Provenance
1997, Robert Frank (New York, New York, USA). 1997-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1972, pl. 55.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
© June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation
Robert Frank, Detroit, 1955, printed ca. 1960s, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Coville Photographic Fund, 1999.6.
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