Untitled (The Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, Ocean Baptism)
1994
Harvey R. Zipkin
American, born 1942
Photography
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.
- Maker/Artist
- Harvey R. Zipkin
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- Gelatin silver photograph
- Medium
- gelatin, silver, photograph
- Dimensions
- sheet: 16 x 20 image: 11 3/4 x 17 in.
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
- 1994.141.1
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Rights Statement
- © artist or artist's estate
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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