Waitress

Artist Jacob Kainen (American, 1909-2001)

Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)

Date1940

MediumLithograph

Dimensionssheet: 16 x 22 7/8 in. (40.6 x 58.1 cm)
image: 11 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (29.8 x 36.8 cm)
matt: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams

Object number1992.11.70

Collections

MODERN

Visual DescriptionA waitress clears/delivers items from/to a table where two men are seated. Other people are dining in the distance and the foreground.

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