Object number2014.35.20

O'Neal's Pier, Ocracoke, North Carolina

Date1984

Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, born 1938)

CultureAmerican

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (19 x 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.6 cm)
Matted: 16 1/8 x 20 1/16 in. (41 x 51 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Michael and Joyce Axelrod collection (Joyce Jacobson, class of 1961)

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn verso, signed lower center in ink: Joel Meyerowitz

InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper left in ink: 36.5 24.5 4/7 10.5.4 3 3345 / +13 sec @ sky; lower right: 1984; lower left: O'neals Pier Ocracoke N.C.; by unidentified hand, lower right corner: 474; lower center edge: PF 110045

DescriptionColor image of a bait and tackle store on a pier with the water visible in the background. In the foreground is sandy ground and to the left are docked boats and other wooden pier posts. A sign at center reads "O'NEALS / DOCKSIDE STORE / OCRACOKE ISLAND. N.C. 1-919-928-111 / INSHORE.OFFSHORE CHARTER BOATS / FULL AND HALF DAY TRIPS / OFFICAL N.C. WEIGHT STATION / RAMP FEE / $2.00 / PAY AT DOCKSIDE / LIVE BAIT / MINNOWS / FRESH MULLET / BALLYHOO / SHRIMP / SQUID."

Terms

Ocracoke

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