Los Angeles

Photography and Media

1955/56

Robert Frank
American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019

Currently Off View: Photography and Media

Artist: Robert Frank
Title: Los Angeles
Origin: United States
Date: Made 1955–1956
Medium: Gelatin silver print, from "The Americans" (1955/56)
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; verso unchecked
Dimensions: 32.9 × 21.9 cm (image/paper); 45.7 × 35.5 cm (mount)
Credit Line: Photography Gallery Fund
Reference Number: 1961.923
Copyright: © Robert Frank

Art Institute of Chicago, “Textures and Fragments of the City: 20th Century Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago Collection,” August 4-July 29, 1973. (David Travis)
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, “Books of Reportage: Photographs by Robert Frank, Danny Lyon, and Dennis Stock,” August 21, 1976—January 2, 1977.
Art Institute of Chicago, “What Am I Looking At: Robert Frank Photographs,” November 2, 2002-February 2, 2003. (Elizabeth Siegel)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Bystander: A History of Street Photography,” December 10, 1994-April 16, 1995; traveled to the San Jose Museum of Art, January 16-April 4, 1999. (Colin Westerbeck)

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