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Description	Fred Ludekens illustration for "Invitation to Murder," a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout that first appeared in The American Magazine and was subsequently collected in the book Black Orchids (1942), titled "Cordially Invited to Meet Death"
Source	Self scan from The American Magazine for April 1942 (p. 126)
Date	1942
Author	Fred Ludekens (illustrator) for The American Magazine
Permission (Reusing this image)	Fair use of art in the article Black Orchids to illustrate the first printing of "Invitation to Murder" ("Cordially Invited to Meet Death"), one of the two novellas in the book that is 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 that includes all of the art present in the illustration, and includes the caption and illustrator credit
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 image in the article Black Orchids adds to it significantly because it represents the first appearance of "Cordially Invited to Meet Death," one of the two novellas in the book and the subject of a section of the article.
Use of this image in the article adds to it significantly because it illustrates the written content of the section on "Cordially Invited to Meet Death."
Use of this image in the article adds to it significantly because it presents the work of prominent American illustrator Fred Ludekens (1900–1982).
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 "Invitation to Murder," a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout that first appeared in The American Magazine and was subsequently collected in the book Black Orchids (1942), titled "Cordially Invited to Meet Death"
Source	Self scan from The American Magazine for April 1942 (p. 126)
Article	Black Orchids
Portion used	Art is not cropped and accurately represents the illustration and caption
Low resolution?	514 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 1942, representing the first appearance of the novella "Invitation to Murder" ("Cordially Invited to Meet Death")

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current	22:07, 12 April 2008	514×600 (226 KB)	WFinch (Talk \| contribs)
	04:06, 8 March 2008	600×700 (310 KB)	WFinch (Talk \| contribs)
	03:10, 8 March 2008	600×980 (409 KB)	WFinch (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information\|Stout-CITMD-1.jpg \|Description = Fred Ludekens illustration for "Invitation to Murder," a Nero Wolfe story by Rex Stout that first appeared in ''The American Magazine'' and was subsequently collected in the book ''Black Orchids'')