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View of corner diner; white side wall with green and yellow vertically striped front wall; one white car parked on the sidewalk; one blue car parked on the street next to the white car; sign reads "DINER" and below that "AIR CONDITIONED".
Royal Diner
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Royal Diner

Artist John Baeder (American, born 1938)
Date1980
MediumColor serigraph
Dimensionsimage: 14 5/8 x 24 7/8 in. (37.1 x 63.2 cm)
sheet: 21 15/16 x 29 7/8 in. (55.7 x 75.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Eugene Ivan Schuster
Object number1996.33.1
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Visual DescriptionView of corner diner; white side wall with green and yellow vertically striped front wall; one white car parked on the sidewalk; one blue car parked on the street next to the white car; sign reads "DINER" and below that "AIR CONDITIONED".
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