Contestants, Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California

© Larry Silver. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or pub…
© Larry Silver
Contestants, Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California
© Larry Silver. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Contestants, Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California

Date1954, printed 1984
Artist (American photographer, born 1934)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 14 × 13 9/16 in. (35.6 × 34.4 cm)
sheet: 20 1/8 × 15 7/8 in. (51.1 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Bruce Silverstein, 1994
Object number1994-3
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextA cultural phenomenon which began in the mid-1930s and lasted through the 1950s, Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California, was a famous meeting place for weightlifters, body builders, gymnasts, and spectators.
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