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Estimated Value $1,500.00

Item Number 112

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Open since 1946, Angelo’s in Glassboro, New Jersey, is tiny – just 8 booths plus counter space.  Justly famous for its ultra-cheap breakfast—two eggs, hash browns, and coffee for just $1.95 – it is almost as well-known for its fresh-made lemonade.  Populated by colorful locals and a loyal, long-serving counter staff, it provides the classic diner experience in a classic diner setting.  John Baeder, the ultimate diner connoisseur, has captured its unique characteristics in inimitable fashion with precision and warm affection in his 2006 painting.   As he noted recently:  I liked "Angelo's" because of the way it was nestled by the house. The awnings gave off a graphic dance. I don't usually spend too much time photographing a diner. I like to get in and get out. But the place was bustling with traffic when I visited.  (It must have been liver and onion day.) As I was photographing the exterior of the diner, a maroon Cadillac Coupe DeVille was driving out, and I began to click away. (I like Cadillacs.) As it pulled out, in drove this blue Chevette. Then, the yellow Cadillac pulled in.  Perfecto! Primary color action.  I had looked at the slides I shot of Angelo’s for years, thinking the diner was too diminutive to paint.  I often look at images for a long time, and set them aside. It is sometimes years later when, suddenly, the image screams: "paint me!"  Angelo’s did. 

Baeder has single-handedly developed the diner image into an American icon and has captured, lovingly, images of hundreds of diners across the United States.  This is among his very best.

 

Donated by John Baeder and Ed Durant, the Frame Shoppe

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