New gas station--Omaha, Nebraska
1956
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert Frank Collection, Gift of Robert Frank
Accession Number
1990.28.1057
Art Historical Context
Robert Frank's *New gas station--Oha, Nebraska* (1956) is a poignant capture from his groundbreaking project *The Americans*, a photobook that chronicled mid-20th-century life across the United States. by a Guggenheim Fellowship, Frank, a Swiss-born photographer who immigrated to America, embarked on a cross-country road trip, snapping candid images that revealed the nation's triumphs and tensions amid post-World War II prosperity. gelatin silver print, measuring 20.3 x .3 cm, depicts a sleek, modern gas station—a symbol of automotive culture and suburban expansion—set against the vast Midwest...
About the Artist
Robert Frank
Robert Frank (1924-2019) was a Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker whose revolutionary approach to documentary photography fundamentally transformed the medium and influenced generations of artists. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 9, 1924, to a middle-class Jewish family, Frank began his photographic apprenticeship in 1941, working with commercial photographers before im...