8th Street Movie Theater II

Ruth Bernhard Archive, Princeton University Art Museum. © Trustees of Princeton University

8th Street Movie Theater II

Currently not on view

8th Street Movie Theater II,

1946

Ruth Bernhard, 1905–2006; born Berlin, Germany; died San Francisco, CA
2008-578

Information

Title
8th Street Movie Theater II
Dates

1946

Maker
Ruth Bernhard
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
23 × 19 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Ruth Bernhard
Object Number
2008-578
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York

Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
circles (plane figures), motion picture theaters, darkness, chairs

By bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum from Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006).

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