Sid Grossman

Coney Island
1947–1948

A black and white photograph capturing a group of people in a moment of intense emotion, with a young woman in the foreground screaming or cheering, her mouth wide open and eyes closed. She is surrounded by others who are also showing various expressions of excitement or enthusiasm.

A black and white photograph capturing a group of people in a moment of intense emotion, with a young woman in the foreground screaming or cheering, her mouth wide open and eyes closed. She is surrounded by others who are also showing various expressions of excitement or enthusiasm.

Not on view

Date
1947–1948

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm) Image: 8 11/16 × 7 11/16in. (22.1 × 19.5 cm)

Accession number
97.98.4

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Minam Grossman Conen, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

API
artworks/11498

Exhibitions

Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002

Sid Grossman
2 works in the collection

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