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Assemblyline, Detroit

A work made of gelatin silver print, from "the americans" (1955/56).
© Robert Frank

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print, from "the americans" (1955/56).

Date:

1955/56

Artist:

Robert Frank
American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Robert Frank

Title

Assemblyline, Detroit

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 recto, lower right, below image, in balck ink: "ASSEMBLY-LINE DETROIT 1955 R. Frank."; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "RF-14358"; verso, upper right, in graphite: "5001-I (J)"

Dimensions

Image: 19.5 × 29.7 cm (7 11/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Boardroom, Inc.

Reference Number

1992.665

Copyright

© Robert Frank

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