Robert Frank

[Swiss-born American Photographer and Filmmaker, born in 1924]

• Relationships:	Husband of Mary Frank.
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Original works by Robert Frank available for purchase at art galleries worldwide

Museums and Public Art Galleries:

Art Institute of Chicago Collection Database
12 photographs by Robert Frank online

Robert Frank at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
The Congressional, 1955

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City
2 photographs online

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Robert Frank: London/Wales

Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Covered Car - Long Beach California, 1955

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Cafeteria - San Francisco

Kunsthaus Zurich

Robert Frank in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago

Robert Frank at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas
U.S. 285, New Mexico

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USC Annenberg School for Communication

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Blind Spot Magazine

Filmography from the Internet Movie Database

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Articles:

Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Robert Frank
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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia

Art + Auction Magazine
Two images from Robert Frank's 1969 film "Conversations in Vermont"

Art + Auction Magazine
Trolley - New Orleans, 1955 (photograph from a Photo gallery accompanying the article Keeping it Real)

Frieze Magazine
Review (from issue 30): Robert Frank

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Robert Frank: Moving Out

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Robert Frank: Hold Still- Keep Going

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Thank You

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Flamingo

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Robert Frank: The Americans

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