Object number2007.14.3
Coney Island
Date1973
Artist
Jerry L. Thompson
(American, born 1945)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (25 x 21 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (25 x 21 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Advisory Council for Photography
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, signed lower right in pencil: Jerry L. Thompson
InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper left corner in pencil [circled]: 28; lower left: CONEY ISLAND, 1973; by unidentified hand, lower left corner: FLLAC 2007.14.3
DescriptionImage of a shirtless young black man wearing a necklace holding a sleeveless denim vest that reads 'HOMICIDE INC' as he stands in front of a chain link fence.
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