Chicago
- Photographer
- Robert Frank, American (born Switzerland), 1924–2019
- Date
- 1956, printed 1977
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- photographed in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 13 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (34 x 23.2 cm)
sheet: 13 7/8 x 11 in. (35.2 x 27.9 cm) - Credit Line
- Martin Schweig Memorial Fund for Photography
- Rights
- © Robert Frank
- Object Number
- 39:1985
NOTES
Skyscrapers in downtown Chicago reflect off the dark paint of this parked sedan. Religious signage is displayed on the rear window and next to the manufacturer logo. Awarded a Guggenheim fellowship, the Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank traveled by car for eight months in 1955 and ’56—from New York to Detroit, San Francisco to Miami. With his outsider perspective, he surveyed the postwar cultural landscape, delving into a range of themes including racial inequity and the obsession with automobiles. The results, published as The Americans in 1958, became one of the most influential photobooks of the 20th century.
Provenance
- 1985
Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the Halsted Gallery [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated May 4, 1985 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 23, 1985.
Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the Halsted Gallery [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated May 4, 1985 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 23, 1985.
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