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Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
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Detroit Greyhound Station

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image depicts a man standing from the shoulders up. He has a neutral facial expression and dark hair mostly covered by a wide-brimmed fedora-style hat. The man is wearing a light-colored blazer over a striped shirt and is holding a folded map under one arm in front of his chest. The background shows part of a building interior with a "Gate 1" sign above his head and blurred individuals in the distance, implying a crowded setting like a train station or bus terminal.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Lois and Georges de Ménil
Dimensions

image: 44.6 x 30.2 cm (17 9/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 50.6 x 40.7 cm (19 15/16 x 16 in.)
Accession Number

1993.35.7
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds from Lois and Georges de Ménil by NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Pace/MacGill Gallery

Exhibition History

2009

Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2009, no. 60.

Bibliography

1989

Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989: pl. 68.

Wikidata ID

Q64161339

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