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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.250
People
Robert Frank, American (Zurich, Switzerland 1924 - 2019 Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Title
San Francisco Convention
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Hooker's Ball, San Francisco Convention
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1984
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California, San Francisco
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342909

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
26.4 x 37.6 cm (10 3/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 40.3 x 50.4 cm (15 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto: below image in blank ink: SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION 1984 Robert Frank
  • inscription: verso: TR in graphite: RWFA 3425

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York], purchase; by Howard Davis, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Howard Davis and Loren Averick
Copyright
© Robert Frank Estate
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.250
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/08/2024 - 10/07/2024

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