City Fathers, Hoboken, New Jersey
(1955); printed 1977
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
20.9 × 30.4 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1978
© Robert Frank, from The Americans
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Photography has the capacity to show us something of ourselves and our world. For photographers such as Robert Frank, Roger Mayne, Diane Arbus and Larry Clark, the streets around them provided a wealth of material. The events of everyday life and the activities of everyday people have been photographed by each of these artists with an idiosyncratic eye. Their photographs are not simple documentary records of a time and place; rather, they are potent, highly individual reflections on the human condition.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in ink l.l.: HOBOKEN N.J
inscribed in ink l.r.: Robert Frank. 77
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: RF- 780-119-10
Accession Number
PH97-1978
Department
International Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Daryl and Anne Whinney