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Art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00005
Abstract

Photograph four unidentified affiliates looking at the face on the bar room floor painted by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.

Dates: 1950-1969

'The Face on the Barroom Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003.00006
Abstract

Photograph of the face painted on the bar room floor by Herndon Davis in 1936. Davis was commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association to paint a few works for properties around Central City, Colorado. Painting is based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy but is actually of Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis, Herndon's wife.

Dates: 1950-1969