Man in corner, convention--Chicago

1956

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a street scene outside a drugstore. The image shows a person standing on the sidewalk, facing away from the camera and looking towards a drugstore. The drugstore has signs advertising "DRUGS" and "INSULIN". The person is wearing a jacket with a bold design featuring a large bird with outstretched wings. The urban environment includes a brick building across the street, a post or parking meter, and a garbage can near the person. The photograph captures a moment in a mid-20th-century American streetscape.
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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. 65.33.

Wikidata ID

Q64165183

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