Margaret Bourke-White

Coney Island
1952, printed c. 1970

Aerial view of a crowded beach with a distinctive parachute jump tower and a long pier extending into the sea. The beach is densely packed with people and umbrellas, while the pier is lined with visitors. The photograph is in black and white, suggesting it may be of a historical nature.

Aerial view of a crowded beach with a distinctive parachute jump tower and a long pier extending into the sea. The beach is densely packed with people and umbrellas, while the pier is lined with visitors. The photograph is in black and white, suggesting it may be of a historical nature.

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Date
1952, printed c. 1970

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Image: 10 1/2 × 13 3/8in. (26.7 × 34 cm) Mount (board): 15 7/8 × 19 15/16in. (40.3 × 50.6 cm)

Accession number
92.59

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Sean Callahan

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Margaret Bourke-White / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY

API
artworks/8090

Exhibitions

Overhead/Underfoot: The Topographical Perspective in Photography

June 30–Sept 24, 2005

Margaret Bourke-White
12 works in the collection

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