Democratic National Convention, Chicago

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a grayscale photograph of a someone holding a large tuba in front of a gray stone wall, with an American flag draped above them. The large, shiny bell of the tuba is the center of the image. The tuba obscures the face of whoever is playing it, but they wear a white suit jacket. On either side of them appear to be two other people, although their faces are not in the photo. The person on the left appears to carry a large drum. The stone wall behind the people is covered in small white dots, and the American flag in the top right corner of the image ripples with several gentle folds. Another flag seems to extend on the other side of the central pole, but all we can see is a dark stripe on the bottom with a white stripe above it.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, New York, NY; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Robert Frank: Moving Out, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Yokohama Museum of Art; Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, 1994-1996, no. 84.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

Bibliography

1959

  • Frank, Robert. The Americans. New York, 1959: pl. 58.

1986

  • Robert Frank: New York to Nova Scotia. Exh. cat. The Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, 1986: 33.

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 180.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: 1955 R. Frank.

Wikidata ID

Q64166072

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