Interior design Albert Herter

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ceiling of al hirschfeld theatre.


herter designed spanish colonial revival interiors loew s warfield theater (1923) in san francisco, including bullfighting mural above proscenium. designed byzantine revival interiors martin beck theatre (1924) in new york city, renamed al hirschfeld theatre in 2003.








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