Interior of bank with portrait of Eisenhower--San Antonio, Texas

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a black-and-white photograph of an interior space within a building. The image shows a large room with high ceilings, decorative support columns, an upper balcony, and a large portrait of a man on the wall. Desks with office equipment like a telephone and a calculating machine can be seen below. The setting suggests a formal, business-like atmosphere, possibly indicative of a mid-20th-century banking hall or similar setting.
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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. 64.30.

Wikidata ID

Q64164159

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