ID: 700005767 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005767	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Couple at Coney Island (gelatin silver print; Walker Evans (American, 1903 - 1975) (American Photographer)...; 1928; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XM.956.464)

Note: Walker Evans photographed this couple from behind as they held each other and looked out over the water toward the famous central tower at Luna Park, one of the resort's amusement parks.

Titles:

Couple at Coney Island (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: 1928

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.956.464

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: 18.6 x 15.4 cm (7 5/16 x 6 1/16 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:

	love (emotion) [300055165]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, psychological concepts, emotion, positive emotions) (AAT)

	amusement park [300000512]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, recreation areas) (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)

	couple [300379217]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups) (AAT)

	documentary (document) [300249172]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Print, verso, pencil: "14". Print, verso, pencil, Crane inventory number: "L68.28 (Evans)". Print, verso, wet stamp, black ink: "WALKER EVANS".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Couple at Coney Island	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)