About This Artwork
Robert Frank
American, born Switzerland 1924
Fourth of July, Jay, New York1954
Gelatin silver print
33.9 x 22.5 cm
Photography Gallery Fund, 1961.942
Photography
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography,” May 7–July 30, 1989; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 16–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, "Robert Frank: Moving Out, 1944-1994," September 27 -December 31, 1994; traveled to Yokohama Museum of Art, February 11 - April 9, 1995; Kunsthaus Zurich, June 29 - August 20, 1995; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, September 9 - October 29, 1995; Whitney Museum of American Art, November 15, 1995 -February 11, 1996; The Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, March 2 - May 19, 1996.
AIC, "Hot Streaks," February 21 - May 2, 2004 (David Travis).
AIC, "Far from Home: Photography, Travel, and Inspiration," January 20 - May 6, 2007, (Elizabeth Siegel and Newell G. Smith) (Gallery 1).
Publication History
Frank, Robert. 1969. “The Americans.” Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Grossman Publishers, New York. [45]. (Other print of this image)
Papageorge, Tod. 1981. “Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence.” Exh. cat. Yale University Art Gallery. p. 21. (Other print of this image)
Greenough, Sarah, Joel Snyder, David Travis and Colin Westerbeck. 1989. “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/The Art Institute of Chicago. p. 344, sec. 4, fig. 1.
Greenough, Sarah. 1994. “Robert Frank: Moving Out.” Essays by Philip Brookman, Martin Gasser, W. Simone Di Piero, and John Hanhardt. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and Scalo. p. 183.
