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Black Cat Cafe

Artist Lou Stoumen (American, 1917 - 1991)
Date1941; printed 1987
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 17 15/16 inches (34.77 × 45.56 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.64 × 50.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2956
SignedSigned and dated on sheet recto, lower right corner, in black pen: "Lou Stoumen 1941"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of sailors in front of a building (the 'Black Cat Cafe').
Copyright© Estate of Lou Stoumen and the Barry Singer Gallery
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