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1962

  • Work on this object began.

1994

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Oak Room (Doorman Calling Taxi for a Couple)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alfred Bendiner and created by Alfred Bendiner. It is dated 1962 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is pen and black ink on white wove paper. 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.

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Alfred Bendiner / (B.S.B.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite at lower right: Alfred Bendiner (B.S.B)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Oak Room (Doorman Calling Taxi for a Couple); Alfred Bendiner (American, 1899–1964); USA; pen and black ink on white wove paper; Gift of the Alfred and Elizabeth Bendiner Foundation; 1994-21-22

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