Untitled (The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Ocean Baptism)
Object Label
A seemingly endless stretch of empty beach underscores the tranquility of this scene photographed by Harvey Zipkin. A small African American congregation heads to the water for a baptism. In the distance sits the Half Moon Hotel, a once popular Coney Island venue that was demolished in 1996, two years after this image was taken.
Caption
Harvey R. Zipkin (American, born 1942). Untitled (The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Ocean Baptism), 1994. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 16 x 20 image: 11 3/4 x 17 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 1994.141.1. © Harvey R. Zipkin.
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Untitled (The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Ocean Baptism)
Date
1994
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 16 x 20 image: 11 3/4 x 17 in.
Signatures
Signed upper right verso in pencil: "Harvey R. Zipkin"
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Accession Number
1994.141.1
Rights
© Harvey R. Zipkin
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