Coney Island
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
"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.
Caption
Louis Lozowick (American, born Russia, 1892–1973). Coney Island, 1935. Casein on paper, 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.8cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Nona Breen and Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 1991.45. © artist or artist's estate. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Coney Island
Date
1935
Medium
Casein on paper
Classification
Dimensions
13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.8cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds given by Nona Breen and Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Accession Number
1991.45
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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