From the Bus, New York
1958
Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019
Robert Frank
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 26.35 × 17.62 cm (10 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.24 × 27.31 cm (13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.155.3
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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: NYC Bus 1958; on verso, on label affixed to lower left corner, typed in black ink: THE MINNEAPOLIS / INSTITUTE / OF ARTS / No. L64.143.4 [crossed out in graphite]; / by unknown hand in graphite: 2032 – IV; / typed in black ink: Lent / By Robert Frank; on label affixed to bottom left corner, by unknown hand in graphite: RF.730 2032 – IV; typed in black ink: 175 / MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / 11 WEST [sticker torn off] EW YORK 19, N.Y. / ARTIST: [sticker torn off]
Wikidata ID
Q64161529