Lost Children
Etching
1963 (made)
1963 (made)
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Depicts 'lost children' signage
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | oil paint, monotype etching |
| Brief description | Lost Children, Coney Island in the Winter series, by Barbara Nessim, 1963 |
| Physical description | Depicts 'lost children' signage |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Gallery label | Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life (V&A, 2013; Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 2014-15)
5. Boardwalk
6. Superman Carrying Girl with Green Shoes
7. Lost Children
8. Ride the Magic
From the Coney Island in the Winter series
1963
This series of etchings of the Coney Island amusement park was commissioned by Gentleman magazine. Nessim explained that the fairground-style Superman Carrying Girl image is ‘about sexual stereotypes, about women being carried away to their dream life, home, family, security, by their very own “Superman”.’
Monotype etchings (4 of 8)
Museum nos. E.10 to 13-2013
(30/01/2013) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
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| Accession number | E.12-2013 |
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| Record created | November 23, 2012 |
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