Coney Island

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Artist Leon Levinstein (American, 1910–1988)American, 1910–1988

CultureAmerican

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Coney Island

Datec. 1978

Place depictedConey Island, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 5/8 × 10 11/16 in. (34.6 × 27.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Caryl and Israel Englander

Object number2014.992

Non exposé

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceEstate of Leon Levinstein, New York, NY, printed at various dates; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY, date unknown; Caryl and Israel Englander, New York, NY, 2004; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2014.
Published References Monographic published references for the photographer include: Greenberg, Howard and Bob Shaims. "Leon Levinstein". Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2012. Levinstein, Leon and Helen Gee. "Leon Levinstein: That's Where Life Is". Chicago: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2001. Levinstein, Leon et al. "Leon Levinstein: Obsession". Paris: Scheer, 2000. Levinstein, Leon, Bob Shamis and Max Kozloff. "Leon Levinstein: the Moment of Exposure". Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1995. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top right in pencil: CONEY ISLAND / c 1978; lower left: M; bottom center: PF 50617

verso bottom right in pencil: Leon Levinstein

verso lower right a rectangular stamp: LEON LEVINSTEIN[in pencil: Box 4]

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