Hotel lobby--Memphis, Tennessee

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of an interior setting depicting a waiting area. The image shows a row of chairs facing towards a service counter or desk in an indoor space. The floor has a patterned tile design featuring repetitive motifs reminiscent of star shapes. On the wall at the rear, there is a small television placed upon a counter near what appears to be an old-fashioned reception desk. Above, some light fixtures hang from the ceiling. The atmosphere is dimly lit. The space evokes a sense of anticipation or waiting, typical of transit stations or older institutional buildings.
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Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

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Wikidata ID

Q64164121

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