Delegate in hat, convention--Chicago

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of three individuals standing in front of a stone wall adorned with a donkey outline. The central figure is a woman wearing a wide-brimmed decorative hat and a buttoned blouse. She has a badge on her chest. To her left, there is a man with a cigar in his mouth, wearing a suit jacket and a badge as well. To her right is another man wearing a light-colored suit and a striped tie with a hat. The backdrop features a simple stone wall with the contour of a donkey visible. The photograph is black and white.
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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. 65.40.

Wikidata ID

Q64165182

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