Drive-In Movie, Detroit

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Robert Frank

Title

Drive-In Movie, Detroit

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1955

Medium

Gelatin silver print, from "The Americans" (1955/56)

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, below image, in black ink: "Drive Inn Detroit 1955"; signed and inscribed recto, lower right, below image, in black ink: "R. Frank. 77"; inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink and graphite: "ROBERT FRANK ARCHIVE [stamped in black ink] / Americans 46 / Drive-in-movie, Detroit / 463 [inscribed in graphite]"

Dimensions

Image: 20.8 × 31.7 cm (8 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Maurice D. Galleher Endowment

Reference Number

1992.780

Copyright

© Robert Frank

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