Photographed by Scott Wolff. Captured from a digital file. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Ocean View Movie Still

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

CultureAmerican

Date1979

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm)

InscribedSigned on the mat: Eugene Woolridge

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

Object number2002.26.16

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a chromogenic print depicting the destruction of a roller coaster at the Ocean View Amusement Park in 1979. A large fireball from explosives engulfs the roller coaster and skyline. This is a still from the motion picture.

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.