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ID: 700005766
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005766
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Coney Island Boardwalk (gelatin silver print; Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975) (American Photographer)...; 1929; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XM.956.462)
Note: Woman leaning over railing, seen from behind.
Titles:
Coney Island Boardwalk (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
gelatin silver print [300128695] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)
photographic print [300127104]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))

Classifications:
photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1929

Creator Display:
Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975) (American Photographer) [preferred,JPGM]
Evans, Walker (American photographer, 1903-1975) [500012076]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 84.XM.956.462
Display Materials: Gelatin silver print
gelatin silver process [300139114]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 21.4 x 14.4 cm (8 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.)Mount: 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
American (North American) [300107956] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, American regions, North American)

General Subject:
cityscapes (preferred)
human figures

Specific Subjects:
leisure [300138173]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts) (AAT)
boardwalk [300189544]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>, walkways) (AAT)
Coney Island [7015849]
.....(Brooklyn (borough), New York City (inhabited place), New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)
documentary (document) [300249172]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>) (AAT)
woman (female human) [300025943]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Mount, recto, black ink, in artist's hand: lower center, "Part One. #11. Coney Island 'Boardwalk['] / 1929". Mount, recto, pencil, in later unknown hand: upper right, "99.3" [next to a right angle and crossed out]; lower left, "0 _ to / Retack"; center, "1 to 8 1/4"; lower right, "I - 11" [encricled]; lower right, "11". Mount, recto, red pencil: lower right, "S.". Mount, verso, pencil: upper center, "I - 11"; lower center, "H2416 - 86 / 86 / NO [within a box] 150 h"; lower right, "11". Mount, verso, pencil, Crane inventory number: lower left, "L68.8(Evans)". Mount, verso, wet stamp, black ink: center, 2.5 cm "Walker Evans" stamp.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Coney Island Boardwalk........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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