Ocean View Roller Coaster
Artist/Maker
Eugene D. Woolridge
(American, 1954 - 2006)
CultureAmerican
Date1979
MediumChromogenic prints
DimensionsEach Image: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
InscribedSigned on the mat: Eugene Woolridge
Credit LineGift of the family of Joel B. Cooper, in memory of Mary and Dudley Cooper
Object number2002.26.14
Not on view
DescriptionThese are seven chromogenic prints depicting the attempted destruction of a roller coaster at the Ocean View Amusement Park in 1979. Across the street in an empty parking lot, a photographer takes pictures. In the lower left corner, people walk around.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.
George Holbart Tucker
1953
George Holbart Tucker
1953
