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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 60 / Television studio / Burbank, California / L.82.006.032 227 [inscribed in graphite]" [in rectangle]"
Art Institute of Chicago, “Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered.” January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “What Am I Looking At: Robert Frank Photographs,” November 2, 2002-February 2, 2003. (Elizabeth Siegel)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs by the Score: Personal visions twenty-some years apart,” October 7, 2006-January 14, 2007. (David Travis)
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