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Image Not Available for Sombre and awful like the destiny of the executed the entrance is to this strange church.
Sombre and awful like the destiny of the executed the entrance is to this strange church.
Image Not Available for Sombre and awful like the destiny of the executed the entrance is to this strange church.

Sombre and awful like the destiny of the executed the entrance is to this strange church.

Creator Presse-Photo
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 17.2 cm (9 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/7039
LocationNot currently on display

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