Beauty shop window--Houston, Texas

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a storefront window with a neon sign. The image depicts a shop window featuring a neon sign with the words "ALL BEAUTY WORK" glowing in a soft, bright light. Inside the window, there is an image of a profile, possibly a painted or printed graphic, showing a side view of a head wearing a large earring. Below the sign and image, the window reveals part of the store's interior, including a folding chair, scattered papers, and a small framed picture on the wall. There's also a small decorative fence at the bottom of the window display. The edges of the photograph show signs of wear and marking with the handwritten number "365" on the upper right corner. The entire image is in black and white.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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. 66.09.

Wikidata ID

Q64164151

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