
Coney Island Scene
Morris EngelWW-1949-106709
1949·Gelatin silver print·Image: 26.1 × 34 cm (10 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 26.9 × 34 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1949
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 26.1 × 34 cm (10 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 26.9 × 34 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Morris Engel
Artist

Morris Engel
Photography
Morris Engel was an American photographer and filmmaker active from the 1940s onward. Working primarily in black-and-white, he documented urban life and street scenes with an unmediated directness characteristic of postwar American photography. He also directed several independent films shot on location in New York City.
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Record
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- Morris Engel
- Year
- 1949
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 26.1 × 34 cm (10 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 26.9 × 34 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1949-106709
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





