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The Bowl
Reginald Marsh
American Art
On View:
In this vivid Depression-era painting of one of the wild “bowl” rides at Coney Island, friends and strangers alike are thrown into contact by the overpowering centrifugal force. Reginald Marsh described the chaotic tangle of female bodies with the sensual physicality for which his work was best known.
From the mid-nineteenth century, Coney Island’s amusements offered New Yorkers the freedom to spend their hard-won moments of leisure in an atmosphere of unfettered frivolity.
From the mid-nineteenth century, Coney Island’s amusements offered New Yorkers the freedom to spend their hard-won moments of leisure in an atmosphere of unfettered frivolity.
MEDIUM
Egg tempera on pressed wood panel
DATES
1933
DIMENSIONS
35 7/8 x 59 15/16in. (91.1 x 152.2cm)
frame: 45 x 68 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (114.3 x 174.9 x 8.9 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "Reginald Marsh"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
42.404
CREDIT LINE
Gift of William T. Evans, by exchange
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Reginald Marsh (American, 1898–1954). The Bowl, 1933. Egg tempera on pressed wood panel, 35 7/8 x 59 15/16in. (91.1 x 152.2cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, by exchange, 42.404. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.404_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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