Robert Frank

Formal Reception
1954

A black and white photograph capturing a candid moment outside an event, showing a group of elegantly dressed individuals, some in fur coats, with a blurred motion effect on the left side. Two women in the center and right are in focus, one looking directly at the camera. A man in a tuxedo is seated on steps in the background, observing the scene. The photo is marked "NYC 1954" and signed by the photographer in the lower right corner.

A black and white photograph capturing a candid moment outside an event, showing a group of elegantly dressed individuals, some in fur coats, with a blurred motion effect on the left side. Two women in the center and right are in focus, one looking directly at the camera. A man in a tuxedo is seated on steps in the background, observing the scene. The photo is marked "NYC 1954" and signed by the photographer in the lower right corner.

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Date
1954

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 14in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 13 1/2in. (22.7 × 34.3 cm)

Accession number
98.12.5

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Frank, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

API
artworks/11673

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Robert Frank
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