Artist
Sid Grossman(American, 1913–1955)American, 1913–1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled
- from the series Coney Island
DateSeptember 1948
Place depictedBrooklyn, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 7 3/4 in. (23.7 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number81.15
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Cofounder
of the Photo League, the New York–based, left-leaning organization that
championed both photography and the working man, Sid Grossman used his camera
as a tool to illuminate union struggles, rural poverty, and life in Harlem.
Equally, however, in the late 1940s, he captured the unfettered delight of
ordinary New Yorkers at Little Italy’s San Gennaro festival or, as in this
joyous jumble of bodies, soaking in the sun and sociability of Coney Island’s
beach and boardwalk.
ProvenanceMiriam Grossman Cohen; purchased by MFAH, 1981.
Exhibition History"New York: Yesterday and Tomorrow," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, May 8–September 12, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso top left: Coney Island 45.1 a // 43.1 a [crossed out]
Inscribed in ink, verso, center: Photograph by // Sid GROSSMAN [underlined] // c/o PRATT // 242 E. 68th St. // New York, N.Y. // Yu 8-6188 [circled in red]
Cut C // Page 94 // Documentary Photo [circled in red]
Inscribed, verso, bottom left corner: 1977.1338
Inscribed verso, bottom right corner: LB 37248 [circled in red]
Inscribed in ink, verso, center: Photograph by // Sid GROSSMAN [underlined] // c/o PRATT // 242 E. 68th St. // New York, N.Y. // Yu 8-6188 [circled in red]
Cut C // Page 94 // Documentary Photo [circled in red]
Inscribed, verso, bottom left corner: 1977.1338
Inscribed verso, bottom right corner: LB 37248 [circled in red]
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