About This Artwork

Robert Frank
American, born Switzerland 1924

Political Rally, Chicago, 1956

Gelatin silver print
34.1 x 23.3 cm
Photography Gallery Fund, 1961.948

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

AIC, "The Subject is Music: Photographs from the Permanent Collection," September 28-December 1, 1996. (Sylvia Wolf)

San Jose Museum of Art, "Bystander: A History of Street Photography," January 16 - April 4, 1999.

AIC, "Object as Subject," February 17 - May 20, 2001 (David Travis).

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).

AIC, "Of National Interest: Photographs from the Collection," September 13, 2008–January 11, 2009. (Katherine A. Bussard and Gregory Harris)

Publication History

Frank, Robert. 1969. “The Americans.” Introduction by Jack Kerouac. Grossman Publishers, New York. [127]. (Other print of this image)

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. 180. (Other print of this image)