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Pawn shop window--Houston, Texas

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The storefront features a variety of objects for sale, including toy guns, clocks, shaving razors, and scissors. The color palette is grayscale, giving the impression of an old photograph or a monochrome display. Small boxed items and tools are arranged neatly on tiered shelves in the foreground, with visible price tags. The toy guns are displayed on the ceiling section, while clocks and small gadgets are in the middle.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.448
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

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. 66.08.

Wikidata ID

Q64164149

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