Piping Pierrot

Artist Albert Bloch (American, 1882 - 1961)

Date1910

MediumBlack ink over traces of a graphite pencil underdrawing on a machine made, beige, wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 12 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (32.7 x 24.77 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Albert Bloch Foundation in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Object number2020.28

InscribedOn the recto, bottom right corner in graphite: "1910" On the verso: - Upper left corner: “see painting/Fleischmann/Coll." - Upper right corner: “M69” - Bottom left quadrant: “100:30:80:X/100/2400/24”

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DescriptionThis vertically oriented ink drawing is rendered in simple black lines. A single human figure occupies the middle third of the paper, standing with their weight in their proper right leg and the proper left lower leg slightly pointed in that direction. The figure plays a flute-like instrument, held to the proper right of their head, which is inclined in that direction. A slender tree stands to the right of the figure. Curving abstract lines (maybe suggesting another tree and other landscape elements) move through much of the remaining space on the paper. On the verso is a graphite pencil sketch, oriented horizontally, of two men: one seated and one standing.Exhibition History

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Provenance

The artist (1881–1961), Lawrence, KS, 1910–March 23, 1961;

Inherited by his wife Anna Bloch (1913–2014), Lawrence, KS, March 23, 1961–June 11, 2001;

To the Albert Bloch Foundation, Kansas City, MO, June 11, 2001–December 31, 2020;

Its gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 31, 2020.

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