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On the Boat to the USA

1947

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows a man standing on a boat, facing away from the viewer. He has short, dark hair and is wearing a light-colored shirt. His hands are resting on the rail in front of him as he looks out towards the water. The background shows turbulent waves and a wake behind the boat. The image is captured in black and white.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of the Glen Eagles Foundation
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 33.2 x 26 cm (13 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1992.93.2
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from the Glen Eagles Foundation by NGA, 1992.

Associated Names

Pace/MacGill Gallery

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. 8.

Bibliography

1989

Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 5.

1994

Greenough/Brookman 1994, p. 21.

Wikidata ID

Q64161092

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