About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0644
  • TitleSample of "Gemmaux"
  • SummaryTwo men wearing top coats and hats stand outside building; man on right holds large arstract painting. Caption: "Sample of 'Gemmaux'--Chor-Bishop Mansour Stephen, pastor of Our Lady of Lebanon R. C. Church, Maronite Rite, Remsen and Henry Sts., examines an example of a new art method christened 'Gemmaux' by its originator, Jean Crotti, right, Parisian artist. Crotti will use the few form in the creation of ten windows for the church. The artist will work on each himself and the commission will take perhaps as long as a year to execute."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 4, 1953; caption stamped: Mar. 7, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectOur Lady of Lebanon Church ; Catholic church buildings [lctgm] ; Glass painting and staining
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.