Convention hall—Chicago

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows two hats on a ledge: a light-colored fedora on the left and a striped band hat on the right labeled "STEVENSON 104." The image is in black and white, with shades of gray. In the background on the left, a window with empty hangers can be seen. On the right, there is a sign attached to a doorframe that says "NO TIPPING Thank You." In the bottom right corner, there is handwriting that says "Convention 28 #2."
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009, no. 65.17.

Wikidata ID

Q64164342

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