Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

Ocean View Roller Coaster

Artist/Maker Eugene D. Woolridge (American, 1954 - 2006)

CultureAmerican

Date1979

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsOverall: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)

InscribedSigned on the mat: Eugene Woolridge

Credit LineGift of the family of Joel B. Cooper, in memory of Mary and Dudley Cooper

Object number2002.26.13

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a chromogenic print. It depicts the destruction of a roller coaster at the Ocean View Amusement Park in 1979. Many people stand next to their cars, trucks, and vans parked across the street from the roller coaster.

ProvenanceJoel B. Cooper, Norfolk, Va., 1979-2002; Gift in memory of Mary and Dudley Cooper from the family of Joel B. Cooper to Chrysler Museum of Art, 2002.