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Maker(s):Locke, Charles Wheeler
Culture:American (1899 - 1983)
Title:The Hole in the Wall
Date Made:ca. 1938
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph printed in black on medium, slightly textured, cream-colored paper
Measurements:sheet: 9 1/2 in x 12 in; 24.1 cm x 30.5 cm; plate: 6 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 17.1 cm x 21.6 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature in pencil at lower right below plate: Charles Locke. title in pencil at lower left of sheet: The Hole in the Wall
Accession Number:  SC 2014.32.582
Credit Line:The Gladys Engel Lang and Kurt Lang Collection
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
An indoor scene of four men sitting at the counter of a greasy-spoon diner, drinking coffee and smoking. The two men in the foreground are deep in conversation, while the other pair is looking over their food bill. Behind the men the restaurant door is slightly open, revealing people on the street outside.

Label Text:
Additional writing on this object can be found at
Paper + People the Cunningham Center Blog.

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