Parade—Hoboken, New Jersey

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

Two people are depicted through separate windows on a brick building. The person in the left window shows about a third of their body, including part of their upper torso. They appear to be standing, with both arms bent and hands resting below the window's edge. Their facial features are indistinct due to low lighting, and they have dark hair held back by a headband. They are wearing a short-sleeved dress with a polka-dot pattern and a ruffled neckline. Through the right window, another person is mostly obscured by a large American flag that dominates the upper part of the image. Only a portion of this person's coat and their hands are visible. They appear to be standing in a similar position, with one hand touching their face and the other adjusted on their coat, which has pronounced buttons. The building is made of dark bricks, and the windows have dark-colored wooden frames. There are no visible objects apart from the large American flag that partially conceals the person in the right window.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy, Chestnut Hill, MA; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in black ink: Robert Frank; lower left below image: PARADE HOBOKEN New Jersey 1955; on verso, by unknown hand, top right corner in graphite: APE - RFR - 80 RF.A.001.23

Wikidata ID

Q64161415

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