A black-and-white interior of a crowded café. Two people in dark clothing sit facing each other at a small round table with bowls, while other customers and staff fill the background. Chalkboard menus and warm overhead lights define the space.
Lunch Date Connection by Arnold Szmerling — 1 of 3, smooth, Masterworks Registry VLC-MW-005-2006
VLC-MW-005-2006
Masterworks
1 of 3 · Not for reproduction

Lunch Date Connection

Two people, one table, the whole city around them

In a crowded Melbourne lunch counter, two people in suits lean toward each other across a small round table, sharing soup. Chalkboard menus, steaming pots and a waiting queue press in from every side, yet the only real distance in the frame is the few inches between their faces.

Registry Specifications
StatusAvailable
Edition1 of 3 (+ 1 Artist's Proof)
Image Size24x36 (61x91)
Mediumsmooth
Visual PropertyGiclee
Presentation2.5
GlazingYes
FramingHamburg
External Dimensions25x39 (65x100)
AuthenticationYes
Quality ControlChecked
ShippingDirect

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Visual Analysis

The Private Moment in a Public Room

The doorway acts as a proscenium, and the couple is the whole performance. Everything around them is noise: prices, menus, a queue, a man watching from the counter. Their attention to each other is the one still point.
The picture rewards long looking. On a matte cotton surface, the deep blacks anchor the frame and every layer stays legible, from the chalkboard lettering to the steam rising behind them.
Substrate & Medium

Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth

Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth is an especially smooth cotton artist paper with a very fine structure and a velvety surface. In combination with the matte finish.
Due to the deep black value, it produces brilliant colors and can reproduce strong contrats well.