Cinema - Cinema / RMS. – Antique Print
![Cinema - Cinema / RMS., London : Benn Brothers Ltd., [1922] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e3/e32be2c9da9b-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Cinema - Cinema / RMS. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cinema - Cinema / RMS.
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This lithograph stands apart from the other pictures on the board by focusing on a single building type, the purpose-built movie theater, at a time when cinemas were drawing large new crowds. It is plate 1 from *A Modern City*, a portfolio of designs by the French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, and it was published in London by Benn Brothers. Mallet-Stevens was a leading figure in modernist architecture in Paris during the 1920s, and his geometric, stripped-down forms reflect the period's fascination with the machine age. Notice the bold planes and sharp lines that give the design its clean, forward-looking character.
| Created / published | London : Benn Brothers Ltd., [1922] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Architectural drawings 1920-1930.Lithographs Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Illus. in: A Modern city / designs by Rob Mallet-Stevens, architect, pl. 1. |
| Subjects | Motion picture theaters--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,165 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216678 |
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