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Maker(s):Lepère, Auguste Louis
Culture:French (1849-1918)
Title:Les coupeurs de bout de cigares (cigar cutters)
Date Made:1892
Type:Print
Materials:woodengraving printed in black on lightweight, smooth, cream-colored paper
Measurements:sheet: 8 11/16 in x 11 1/8 in; 22.1 cm x 28.3 cm; image: 7 1/2 in x 9 15/16 in; 19 cm x 25.2 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Artist's initials carved into block: AL, lower right. title in pencil below image at left; Les coupeurs de bout de cigares / sur la Berge, signature in pencil below image at right: A Lepere
Accession Number:  SC 2014.32.189
Credit Line:The Gladys Engel Lang and Kurt Lang Collection
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Two men in overcoats and hats sit on a long bench and hunch over what appears to be an open book. One is cutting a cigar. Beyond these men on the same long bench, a few other men are lying down. men; cigar; work; idleness; unemployment

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