The Queen Mary
The V-shaped piece of sky at the center of this photograph has an active dimension: it seems to push the great ocean liner away from its moorings. The rushing perspective and canted stairs make this representation of the huking stern of a motionless boat one of the raciest pictures in this collection.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Queen Mary
- Artist: Anton Bruehl (American (born Australia), Hawker 1900–1982 San Francisco, California)
- Date: 1932
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 24.4 x 19.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.1100.50
- Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Anton Bruehl
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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