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Description	Fred Ludekens illustration for "Death Wears an Orchid," a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout that first appeared in The American Magazine and was subsequently collected in the book Black Orchids (1942) as "Black Orchids"
Source	Self scan from The American Magazine for August 1941 (p. 117)
Date	1941
Author	Fred Ludekens (illustrator) for The American Magazine (Crowell-Collier Publishing Company)
Permission (Reusing this image)	Fair use of art in the article Black Orchids to illustrate the first printing of "Death Wears an Orchid" ("Black Orchids"), one of the two novellas in the subject of the article; for informational purposes only.

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Though this image is subject to copyright, I feel its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

This is an image created and uploaded for informational purposes only.
The image is an accurate scan and includes all of the art appearing the page.
This image is of much lower resolution than the original. It cannot be used for high-resolution printing, and any copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
Use of this art in the article Black Orchids adds to it significantly because it represents the first appearance of "Death Wears an Orchid," the first of the two stories in the Nero Wolfe short story collection that is the subject of the article. It presents the original title of the novella, "Death Wears an Orchid," collected within the book as "Black Orchids."
Use of this image in the article adds to it significantly because it presents the work of prominent American illustrator Fred Ludekens (1900–1982) and is a notable illustration of the fictional character Nero Wolfe.
The copyright owner's rights to reproduce the image are not limited in any way.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Black Orchids
Description	Fred Ludekens illustration for "Death Wears an Orchid," a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout that first appeared in The American Magazine and was subsequently collected in the book Black Orchids (1942) as "Black Orchids"
Source	Self scan from The American Magazine for August 1941 (p. 117)
Article	Black Orchids
Portion used	Art is not cropped and accurately represents the illustration
Low resolution?	415 x 600 pixels at 72 ppi
Purpose of use	Informational purposes only, to illustrate article on Black Orchids"
Replaceable?	Not replaceable; there is no free version of this image. This image is an original work of art that appeared in 1941, representing the first appearance of the novella "Death Wears an Orchid" ("Black Orchids")

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current	22:01, 12 April 2008	415×600 (318 KB)	WFinch (Talk \| contribs)
	01:17, 24 March 2008	800×1,158 (1.25 MB)	WFinch (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information\|Stout-DWAO-1.jpg \|Description = Fred Ludekens illustration for "Death Wears an Orchid," a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout that first appeared in ''The American Magazine'' and was subsequently collected in the book ''Black Orchids'')