Gas station and buildings--Iowa

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows an urban nighttime scene with vintage gas pumps illuminated in front of a large building. The horizon line is set low with the building dominating the top portion of the scene. The picture features high contrast between dark and illuminated elements in a monochromatic color palette of blacks, grays, and whites. Another building in the distance is slightly blurred against the sky. The number "737" is visible in the top right corner. The foreground includes a street leading to the gas pumps and a vintage car.
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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. 66.20.

Wikidata ID

Q64165102

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