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Cafe Strategists
Cafe Strategists
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Cafe Strategists

Artist Albert James Webb (American, 1891 - 1975)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1935-1943
MediumEngraving
Dimensionssheet: 11 7/16 x 15 13/16 in. (29.1 x 40.2 cm)
image: 7 15/16 x 9 1/4 in. (20.2 x 23.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects, with gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object numberL2012.54.69
Collections
A boy crying in the lap of his mother.
The Prodigal
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A group of people browse through and engage with a collection of books on display at what appears to be the front of a bookstore. A sign above the books reads "BROWSERS WELCOME".
Book Worms
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A woman is arguing with a butcher in a crowded market.
Market Argument
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A boy crying in the lap of his mother.
The Prodigal
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Four people are outside a book shop looking through books and prints which have been set out to encourage browsing.
Book Worms
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Two old women are talking at the door of a shop; one sits on a box beside the door as if the seller of goods; a basket is on the floor, a hanging weight is in back hanging from the doorframe; lots of shoppers and vendors in background.
The News
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Eleven men are at a conference table with one woman; they are gathered around her and there are pencils and scrap paper all over the table; some men talk to each other, one looks out the window.
Deadlocked
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
A waterfront scene with popular places to dine and drink; old wooden buildings on wooden docks; boats are at anchor in the bay harbor.
Reilly's Place
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Two people in a thrift shop are looking at objects.
Thrift Shop
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Adults and children are at an aquarium looking at the fish; they are dressed in 1930's clothing.
Poor Fish
Albert James Webb
c. 1935-1940
An artist sketches beside an outdoor display of her work in the city; the public is walking by, some notice the art, some do not; Greenwich Village is seen in the background, two buildings.
Greenwich Village Follies
Albert James Webb
1936-1943
Two old women at a shop door; shoppers and vendors are seen out in the square in the background.
The News
Albert James Webb
1936-1943

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