St. Francis, Gas Station and City Hall, Los Angeles

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Robert Frank

Title

St. Francis, Gas Station and City Hall, Los Angeles

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1956

Medium

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

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, below image, in black ink: "1956"; signed recto, lower right, below image, in black ink: "Robert Frank."; stamped and inscribed verso, lower left, in black ink: "COPYRIGHT © [stamped in black ink] Robert Frank 1978 [inscribed in blue ink/underline stamped in black ink] / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [stamped in black ink]"; stamped and inscribed verso, lower right, in black ink and graphite: "ROBERT FRANK ARCHIVE [stamped in black ink] / Americans 48 / St. Francis, gas station / and city hall, L.A. 1956 / L82.006.015 384 [inscribed in graphite] [in rectangle] / 900 [erased]"

Dimensions

Image: 21.5 × 32.8 cm (8 1/2 × 12 15/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Maurice D. Galleher Endowment

Reference Number

1992.781

Copyright

© Robert Frank

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