Coney Island
Photograph
1940 (photographed), c.1980 (printed)
1940 (photographed), c.1980 (printed)
| Artist/Maker |
Black and white photograph featuring a large crowd of people on a beach, taken from a high vantage point.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Coney Island (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Weegee, 'Coney Island', gelatin silver print 1940, printed by Sid Kaplan c.1980 |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph featuring a large crowd of people on a beach, taken from a high vantage point. |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | Gallery 100, 2016-17:
Weegee (1899–1968)
‘Coney Island’
1940
Weegee began his career as a photojournalist in the 1930s, taking gritty images of New York life. On a hot summer’s day, he photographed on Coney Island beach. Bodies of all shapes and sizes converge to create an immense display of interweaving limbs.
Gelatin silver print (printed about 1980)
Museum no. Ph.427-1982 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.427-1982 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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