Coney Island
<p>Arthur Leipzig, <em>Coney Island</em>, 1949. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 9 11/16 in. (19.1 × 24.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Alison and Donald Weiss 2019.451</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1949
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 9 11/16 in. (19.1 × 24.6 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Arthur Leipzig
Artist
Photography
Arthur Leipzig was an American photographer who documented postwar New York City street life and childhood through candid 35mm black-and-white images. His work emphasizes gesture and social observation among working-class communities, combining formal clarity with empathetic attention to everyday moments. Leipzig's photographs appeared regularly in Life and Colliers during the 1940s and 1950s, establishing him as a key practitioner of humanistic street photography in the postwar period.
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- Arthur Leipzig
- Year
- 1949
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm) Image: 7 1/2 × 9 11/16 in. (19.1 × 24.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1949-169838
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified