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1994

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Print, Le Café de la Jeunesse Perdue, 1950

This is a Print. It was created by Alfred Bendiner. It is dated 1950 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is color lithograph on white wove paper with deckle edge. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bendiner Foundation. It is credited Gift of the Alfred and Elizabeth Bendiner Foundation.

Its dimensions are

Image: 33 × 37.6 cm (13 × 14 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamps: Stamp printed in black ink on verso: ALFRED BENDINER F.A.I.A./ARCHITECT/ WELLINGTON BUILDING/19TH AND WALNUT N.E./PHILA. 3, PA.

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Alfred Bendiner

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink at lower left: Cafe dela(sic) Jeunesse Perdue; in graphite at lower right corner:#107 Inscribed by another hand on verso: #107-A-1956 # 76A McNulty/"CAFE DeLA (sic) JEUNESSE PERDUE" BLUE

Cite this object as

Print, Le Café de la Jeunesse Perdue, 1950; Alfred Bendiner (American, 1899–1964); USA; color lithograph on white wove paper with deckle edge; Image: 33 × 37.6 cm (13 × 14 13/16 in.); Gift of the Alfred and Elizabeth Bendiner Foundation; 1994-21-15

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