Men crossing street--Chicago

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

The image shows two elderly men in a city street setting. The man in the foreground is walking and looking slightly to his right. He has round glasses and a mustache, wearing a dark overcoat and hat, holding a newspaper and a single stem rose. Next to him is a parked bus. In the background, there is a busy urban environment with a theater marquee for "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma," various store signs, and pedestrians on the sidewalk. The other man, standing in the distance, is angled towards the first man, wearing a light-colored suit and hat, with his hands at his sides.
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The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

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Wikidata ID

Q64165106

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