From the Bus, New York

1958

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a black-and-white photograph of a tree next to a building. The tree is in the foreground with a patterned brick building in the background. A sidewalk runs next to the building, bordered by hedges. The building has rectangular windows, some reflecting daylight. The image plays with contrast and shading, creating depth and leading the eye horizontally. Shadows on the sidewalk and building surfaces add a sense of calm yet dynamism.
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Artwork overview

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

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