Brooklyn Museum: American Art: Coney Island

Coney Island

"LUNA": This single word was enough to signal to any early twentieth-century viewer that he was looking at an image of the mechanized wonder of Coney Island. The Russian-born Louis Lozowick was one of many modern artists drawn to the exciting light show of Coney Island's Luna Park, known as the Electric Eden. He combined cropped and abstracted elements of this leisure mecca's most famous attractions, including the Ferris wheel, the steeplechase ridge, and exotic illuminated minarets.

Artist: Louis Lozowick, American, born Russia, 1892-1973
Medium: Casein on paper
Dates: 1935
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.8cm)
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, 5th floor
Accession Number: 1991.45
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Nona Breen and the Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 1991.45_transp393.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Collections: American Art: Coney Island