Four friends at the Café (They served Dodichet, who with his beefsteak, swallowed two rolls and emptied three small decanters)
Four friends at the Café (They served Dodichet, who with his beefsteak, swallowed two rolls and emptied three small decanters)

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Four friends at the Café (They served Dodichet, who with his beefsteak, swallowed two rolls and emptied three small decanters),

1904

John Sloan, 1871–1951; born Lock Haven, PA; died Hanover, NH; active Philadelphia and New York, NY
Published by Frederick J. Quinby Company
2006-344

Information

Title
Four friends at the Café (They served Dodichet, who with his beefsteak, swallowed two rolls and emptied three small decanters)
Dates

1904

Maker
John Sloan
Published by Frederick J. Quinby Company
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 15.5 × 11.2 cm (6 1/8 × 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 24.1 x 16 cm. (9 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Kraft, Class of 1957
Object Number
2006-344
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Printed above plate, upper center: Copyright 1904 by The Frederick J. Quinby Company In plate, bottom right: John / Sloan / 1904 Signed in graphite below image, right: John Sloan Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Peters Bros. Imp.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Remarque at bottom left showing three birds
Reference Numbers
Morse 1969, 96. iii/iv
Culture
American
Type
etchings, prints, oil paintings
Materials
printing ink, wove paper
Techniques
etching (printing process), mounting
Subject
figures (representations), cafés, food, women, men

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