Coney Island
Artist
Sid Grossman
(American, 1913 - 1955)
Date1947
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (20 × 20 cm)
Mount: 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (20 × 20 cm)
Mount: 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (20 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.93
SignedPhotographer’s stamp on mount verso, in red ink: “Sid Grossman”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: “[?] / 19 / Tues”;
Stamp on mount verso, upper right, in black ink: “3704”;
Crop marks with annotations on mount verso, center left, in pencil: “4” / no line / 133 pc.”;
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “100B”;
On mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF103624-111”.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of young people tightly grouped and smiling with arms around one another; several of the people are cropped out of the image; only the young woman wearing a swimsuit looks towards the camera; the head of a guitar is out of focus in foreground.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
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