Coney Island, NY
Artist
Anthony Barboza
(American, born 1944)
Dateca. 1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 1/4 inches (22.54 × 33.66 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 inches (27.78 × 35.56 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 inches (27.78 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.30.1
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in black pen: "A. Barboza"
InscribedInscribed with date on sheet verso, center, in black pen: "Coney Island, NY / 1970's"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of woman seated in profile behind a barred ticket window for "Glass House" amusement park ride. Nearby a man and woman with two young boys pose with their arms around one another.Exhibition HistoryRotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.
One of the most important African American photographers of his generation, Anthony Barboza is equally skilled photographing on the street and in the studio. Barboza, who participated in the Kamoinge Workshop, describes the collective’s aesthetic as "like jazz music," allowing richly varied responses from individual viewers. In the 1970s and 1980s, Barboza made many photographs of jazz musicians and singers, while also exploring the unpeopled spaces of the city.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Anthony Barboza
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