Movie Premiere, Hollywood

Photography and Media

1955/56, printed 1977

Robert Frank
American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Robert Frank
Title: Movie Premiere, Hollywood
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1955–1956
Medium: Gelatin silver print, from "The Americans" (1955/56)
Inscriptions: Inscribed and signed recto, lower right, below image, in black ink: "77 R. Frank."; stamped and inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink and graphite: "ROBERT FRANK ARCHIVE [stamped in black ink] / Americans 9 / Movie premiere- / Hollywood / L.82.006.034 176 [inscribed in graphite]" [in rectangle]
Dimensions: Image: 33 × 21.8 cm (13 × 8 5/8 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)
Credit Line: Maurice D. Galleher Endowment
Reference Number: 1992.773

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