Allentown Fair, Pennsylvania

August 1979

Larry Fink

Associated Names
Larry Fink

Artist, American, 1941 - 2023

This is a photograph of an amusement park train ride operating at night. It shows a small train car labeled "Amtrak" filled with passengers navigating a track. The train is protected by a short metal fence. Dark surroundings indicate a nighttime setting, with flags above and an illuminated stand displaying the words "Frozen Juices." People can be seen walking and pushing a stroller in the foreground, with a sense of motion blur.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Tony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC

  • Dimensions

    image: 36.2 × 36.1 cm (14 1/4 × 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.4 × 40.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.93.1

  • Series Title

    Social Graces

  • Copyright

    © The Estate of Larry Fink, Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Larry Fink, Martins Creek, PA; Anthony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Fink; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: LF-SG-539-v03

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