From the Bus, New York

1958

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a city street scene with a bus and buildings. The image captures a dynamic, urban atmosphere with a strong play of light and shadow. The street is bustling and lively, with cars in motion and a bus prominently featuring the word "FIFTH" on its side. The buildings line both sides of the street, rising high and casting long shadows across the pavement in the low-angled sunlight. The photograph exhibits a striking contrast, with deep shadows enhancing the architectural features and creating a silhouette effect on the moving figures. The composition's use of perspective draws the viewer down the street into the distance, where the light fades into the horizon.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1993.

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. 109.

Bibliography

1994

  • Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 205.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso on masking tape in graphite: RF.308 / 290-IV (L); all lower left verso: typed on Minneapolis Institute of Arts sticker: No. L64.143.8 / Robert Frank; by later hand, in graphite: include entire image (gray) / also / alsdo S/S for / 54% 6 (in square) + cover; typed on Museum of Modern Art sticker: Robert Frank / From the Bus New York / Photograph / The Photographer

Wikidata ID

Q64161355

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