Arthur Leipzig

Coney Island
1949

A black and white photo of a smiling man and woman riding mechanical horses on a carousel, with the man in a vest and the woman in a checkered dress, both looking joyfully at the camera. The setting appears to be an indoor amusement area with a wooden ceiling and string lights.

A black and white photo of a smiling man and woman riding mechanical horses on a carousel, with the man in a vest and the woman in a checkered dress, both looking joyfully at the camera. The setting appears to be an indoor amusement area with a wooden ceiling and string lights.

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Date
1949

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 × 10 3/16in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 9 11/16in. (19.1 × 24.6 cm)

Accession number
2019.451

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Alison and Donald Weiss

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Arthur Leipzig
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