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Subject:
Farrand, Charles D.  Search this
Penguin Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Artworks
Date:
1917
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 print : etching ; 25 x 20 cm.
Summary:
Print shows a jumble of people eating, dancing, fighting and carousing. <br>Etched text within image reads: "Diner [sic] given by the Penguin to Charles D. Farrand at the 'Carlos', 25 W. 24 St. N.Y., July 7th 1917. Menu: relishes a la King Herold, soupe a la Panama pirates, salmon sauce a la hell, spagetti [sic], dream of the Orient, chicken a la pagan revel, salade a la sea, chease [sic] groteska, ice cream woodland mythe, demitasse spanish village, Farrand cockteil [sic], Penguin wine." Another snippet of text etched in the lower left corner reads "what fool mad [sic] this etching? Ask Farrand, he knows!"</br>
Citation:
Invitation to a dinner given by the Penguin club for Charles D. Farrand, 1917. Louis Bouché papers, 1880-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Topic:
Menus  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)12147
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Louis Bouché papers, 1880-2007
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_12147