Filming, CBS TV studio--Burbank, California

c. 1955/1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a vintage television displaying a face in a room with a couch and patterned tablecloth. The image shows an old-fashioned TV screen where a face is visible on the tube. The screen is part of a larger unit with dials and wires. Nearby is a domestic setting with patterned furniture, including a floral-patterned couch and a checkered tablecloth. The composition captures a sense of mid-20th century domestic life, with an emphasis on vintage technology and home decor.
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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. 64.34.

Wikidata ID

Q64164245

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