Forest Lawn--Los Angeles

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a roadside sign with a street scene in the background. The large sign reads "Undertaking within Sacred Cemetery Grounds FOREST LAWN." The image is in black and white, capturing an urban environment with utility poles and wire lines. There is a motion blur effect in the lower portion and a smaller street sign that reads "One Way Do Not Enter." The photograph conveys a sense of mid-20th-century urbanity.
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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. 66.35.

Wikidata ID

Q64164680

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