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Gambling--Nevada

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names

Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows an older woman standing with her head and shoulders visible. She has short curly hair and wears a hat with a decorative band, a jacket with a fur collar, and a patterned blouse. The surroundings are crowded with casino or gambling machine signs partially obscuring her. The background is filled with more signs and indistinct people.

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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

1990.28.530
Copyright

© Robert Frank Foundation

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Frank, Robert

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. 66.27.

Wikidata ID

Q64164616

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