Convention hall—Chicago

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows four adults. Three women are standing in an elevated position and one man is seated in front of them. The image captures the upper bodies of all four individuals. The woman on the left is wearing a dark hat and a matching dark dress with badges on the lapel and a ribbon hanging down from the shoulder. The central woman is wearing a checkered dress with a prominent collar, and her hair is styled in curls. She has both hands on a large monochromatic photograph of a man in the foreground and is wearing a striped hat. The woman on the right is wearing a similar hat and a dark jacket over a light blouse. The man in the photograph is seated, dressed in a suit with a patterned tie.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.3 x 16.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.28.146

  • Copyright

    © Robert Frank Foundation


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. 65.13.

Inscriptions

center verso in blue ink: 6 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q64162928

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