Walker Evans

Coney Island Beach
1930

Black and white photograph capturing a lively scene at a crowded beach with people in various activities such as sunbathing, walking, and playing in the sand. The image is taken from an elevated angle, highlighting the shadows and the bright sunlight casting high contrast over the scene.

Black and white photograph capturing a lively scene at a crowded beach with people in various activities such as sunbathing, walking, and playing in the sand. The image is taken from an elevated angle, highlighting the shadows and the bright sunlight casting high contrast over the scene.

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Date
1930

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 7 3/4in. (32.4 × 19.7 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 7in. (32.4 × 17.8 cm)

Accession number
2013.106

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of John L. Steffens

Rights and reproductions
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

API
artworks/11676

Exhibitions

Where We Are: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1900–1960

Apr 28, 2017–June 2, 2019

Walker Evans
20 works in the collection

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