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Actress, NBC TV studio--Burbank, California

c. 1955/1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image depicts a woman sitting in a room. She is facing slightly to the right, with one arm raised. Her facial features are somewhat blurred, appearing focused or contemplative. She has styled hair with a flowered headpiece and wears a plaid gown with puffed sleeves. In the room, there is a shelf with a telephone, a cylindrical object, a door with the number "9" and part of the word "CHORUS." The room has plain walls, wooden tiles on the floor, and overhead lighting casting shadows on the wall behind her.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Dimensions

sheet: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.28.655
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

Wikidata ID

Q64164256

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