Mary Ellen Mark
Portrait of Father and Son with Hats and Flag, Coney Island

Portrait of Father and Son with Hats and Flag, Coney Island

© Mary Ellen Mark/The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation

Portrait of Father and Son with Hats and Flag, Coney Island
Portrait of Father and Son with Hats and Flag, Coney Island
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2015
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Portrait of Father and Son with Hats and Flag, Coney Island
Date1988, printed c. 1988
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (23 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.5 × 27.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jordan and Devinah Finn
Object number2020.380
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJordan and Devinah Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black, verso, upper right sideways: 201F 045 – 008 // CONEY ISLAND
Printed in black, verso, upper right sideways: [barcode] // CONEY ISLAND // © Mary Ellen Mark
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: 95-45 // 8
Stamped in black, verso, lower right sideways: MARY ELLEN MARK // This is a lifetime print, // printed from the original negative // under the supervision of Mary Ellen Mark. // [image of a dog with a bone] // © the Mary Ellen Mark Foundation // All Rights Reserved NB [?] [initialed in pencil]
Label: © Mary Ellen Mark // DO NOT CROP PHOTOGRAPH // Return to: Falkland Road, Inc. // 134 Spring Street, Suite 502 New York, NY 10012 // tel: 212-925-2770
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center edge: PF134515
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: 139

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