The Nude Bather
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
At the time that Steeplechase closed in 1964—a victim of rising crime, neighborhood decline, and competing entertainment—a new amusement park, Astroland, had already been established for a few years between Surf Avenue and the boardwalk west of West Tenth Street. This park carried on the Coney tradition during the following decades. In 1983, the not-for-profit corporation Coney Island USA was created to assist in rejuvenating Coney Island’s amusement life. It developed many of the programs that later generations of visitors recognize, such as the Mermaid Parade, Sideshows by the Seashore, and concerts on the boardwalk. Lynn Butler’s dynamic take on the site in her Coney Island Kaleidoscope series documents a gritty and still spectacular Coney Island.
Caption
Lynn Hyman Butler American, born 1953. The Nude Bather, 1988. Silver dye bleach print (Cibachrome), image: 9 x 13 in. (22.9 x 33 cm) sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ilford Photo Corporation, 1991.59.9. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.59.9.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The Nude Bather
Date
1988
Medium
Silver dye bleach print (Cibachrome)
Classification
Dimensions
image: 9 x 13 in. (22.9 x 33 cm) sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Signatures
Signed bottom right verso in pencil: "Lynn Hyman Butler 4/25"
Credit Line
Gift of Ilford Photo Corporation
Accession Number
1991.59.9
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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