Tannenbaum. UNTITLED - RESTAURANT COUNTER. Oil on masonite,not dated. Signed "Tannenbaum," lower right. 24 x 18 inches, framed to 27 x 21 inches. A waitress stands within the curving counter; four diners are seated on stools, at the mostly empty counter. A parked car is visible through the window. The car and the clothing suggest the 1930s.A far from professional rendering which nevertheless evokes a sense of economic depression and personal loneliness in an urban setting. We have no information about the artist.A restaurant in Boston, closed now for decades, called Slagle's was configured like this.
