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Albert Bloch 1882-1961
Blaue Schlucht (Blue Ravine), 1939Watercolor and graphite on paper15 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
40 x 49.5 cmSigned with the artist's initials and dated at lower left: AB / 1939Provenance
Anna Bloch (the artist's wife), Lawrence, Kansas; to
Private collection, 1993 until the presentExhibitions
The University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, Albert Bloch (1882-1961): An Exhibition of Watercolors, Drawings and Drypoints, April 30-June 4, 1963, no. 79, illus. // Public Library, Lawrence, Kansas, Exhibition of Watercolors and Drawings by Albert Bloch, 1966 // John C. Calhoun Junior College, Decatur, Alabama, Albert Bloch, February 1971 // Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York (paintings) and The Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York (drawings and prints), Albert Bloch (1882-1961), An American Expressionist: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, February 3-March 3, 1974, no. 65 // Friends of Art Sales and Rental Gallery, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Albert Bloch: Der Blaue Reiter Artist in the Midwest, Retrospective Exhibition, 1911-1958, Oils, Watercolors, Drawings, October 8-November 5, 1978, no. 39 // The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider, January 26-December 7, 1997, no. 57
Literature
James Penney, Albert Bloch (1882-1961), An American Expressionist: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Utica, New York: Munson Williams-Proctor Institute, 1974, no. 65, illus. // Henry Adams, Margaret C. Conrads and Annegret Hoberg, Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider, Munich: Prestel, 1997, no. 57, illus. pl. 55 // Richard C. Green, “Bloch, Beethoven and Der Blaue Reiter, Music in Art, Spring-Fall 2012, p. 289, illus. p. 287
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