Alberto Giacometti, Man Pointing, 1947
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136733
Jean Dubuffet, My Cart, My Garden, June 1955
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136011
Jean Dubuffet, My Cart, My Garden, June 1955
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136011
Philip Guston, Red Painting, 1950
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135414
U.S. Movie attendance peaked at around 90 million weekly tickets in the 1940s, before TV stole the show.
First Row Orchestra (1951) shows empty seats bathed in house lights rather than a darkened auditorium. It hints at transition, not collapse.