From the Bus, New York
1958
Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 35.56 x 33.66 cm (14 x 13 1/4 in.)
image: 17.78 x 26.67 cm (7 x 10 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2014.155.1
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Copyright
© June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy, Chestnut Hill, MA; gift to NGA, 2014.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
Photographs by Harry Callahan and Robert Frank. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 29 January - 1 April 1962.
2012
I SPY: Photography and the Theater of the Street, 1939-2010, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 22 – August 5, 2012
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right below image in black ink: Robert Frank; lower left below image: Bus NYC 1958; on verso, by unknown hand, in pink ink on masking tape affixed to top left corner: 77%; circled: 96; top right corner, on masking tape, in graphite: 280 – IV (L); on label affixed to lower left corner, typed in black ink: THE MINNEAPOLIS / INSTITUTE / OF ARTS / No. L64.143.11 / Lent By Robert Frank; on label affixed to bottom left corner, typed in black ink: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / 11 WEST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK 19, N.Y. / ARTIST: Robert Frank / TITLE: [sticker torn off] us New York, 1[sticker torn off]; on stamp affixed to bottom center, typed in black ink: Museum of Modern Art / LOAN / FRANK / 62.411
Wikidata ID
Q64161169