The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Cleveland

Cleveland

1956
(American, 1924–2019)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print, printed c. 1956-1960
Image: 21.6 x 32.6 cm (8 1/2 x 12 13/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Reid, Jr. in honor of Brenda and Evan H. Turner 1994.7
© 1979 Robert Frank
Location: not on view

Description

Considered one of the heroes of the New York counterculture that included writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Robert Frank was an incisive observer of everyday life during the 1950s. After traveling across the United States, Frank included the images from his journey in a landmark book, The Americans, which revealed his uncompromising vision of American life in large cities and along roadsides. First printed in France in 1958 as Les américans, the book did not find an American publisher until a year later. One of the unpublished images from his odyssey, Cleveland is a brief glimpse of people seen through the side windows of a vehicle—a common motif in Frank's photographs.
  • Private Collection, North America
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 167
  • Main gallery rotation (Gallery 229A): April 11, 2016 -
    Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittburgh, PA (10/3/2009 - 1/3/2010); "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art", no exhibition catalogue.
    Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007); Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (October 3, 2009-January 3, 2010).
    CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."
    Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    CMA, September 13 - November 27, 1994: "Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.
  • {{cite web|title=Cleveland|url=false|author=Robert Frank|year=1956|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1994.7