Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans

Parade—Hoboken, New Jersey

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Parade—Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 8 3/8 x 12 3/4 in. (21.3 x 32.4 cm)
Private collection, San Francisco
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 15 5/8 x 22 7/8 in. (39.7 x 58.1 cm)
Susan and Peter MacGill
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

Charleston, South Carolina

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Charleston, South Carolina, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 16 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (41.3 x 59.1 cm)
Susan and Peter MacGill
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

Trolley—New Orleans

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Trolley—New Orleans, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 8 5/8 x 13 1/16 in. (21.9 x 33.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005 (2005.100.454)
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

U.S. 285, New Mexico

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
U.S. 285, New Mexico, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 13 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (33.7 x 21.9 cm)
Mark Kelman, New York
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

Elevator—Miami Beach

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Elevator—Miami Beach, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 12 3/8 x 18 13/16 in. (31.4 x 47.8 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1969
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

Political Rally—Chicago

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Political Rally—Chicago, 1956
Gelatin silver print; 23 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. (59.1 x 36.5 cm)
Betsy Karel
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

Rodeo—New York City

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Rodeo—New York City, 1954
Gelatin silver print; 13 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (33.7 x 21.3 cm)
Collection of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

Movie Premiere—Hollywood

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
Movie Premiere—Hollywood, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 10 1/16 x 6 13/16 in. (25.5 x 17.3 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Purchase, 2002
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans

U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas

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Robert Frank (American, b. Switzerland, 1924)
U.S. 90, En Route to Del Rio, Texas, 1955
Gelatin silver print; 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (47.6 x 31.1 cm)
Private collection, courtesy Hamiltons Gallery, London
Photograph © Robert Frank, from The Americans