Coney Island

1958, printed 1970s

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image depicts a man standing against a streetlamp in an urban environment. He is looking off into the distance and is holding a ceramic figurine in one hand and an umbrella in the other. He is wearing a fedora-style hat, a light-colored button-up shirt, and pleated trousers. The background includes buildings with storefronts, a moving car, and a vintage vehicle parked nearby.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.97 × 21.91 cm (13 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 × 27.94 cm (14 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.122.1

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Susan and Peter MacGill, New York; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right, below image in black ink: Robert Frank.; lower left below image: Coney Island 1958; on verso by unknown hand, top right corner in graphite: P-RF.Z.946; center: 10-46; bottom right corner in blue ink: 4

Wikidata ID

Q64161394

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