Well-dressed people in evening gowns and fur stoles gather in a lobby, some looking toward camera.

Photographs

Formal Reception

1954

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (22.7 × 34.3 cm)
Accession number
98.12.5
Acquired
1998
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee
Reproduction credit
© Robert Frank, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
Edition
Vintage
Department
collection

About this work

Robert Frank, Formal Reception, 1954. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (22.7 × 34.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 98.12.5. © Robert Frank, courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

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