Couple with Baby

Artist Albert Bloch (American, 1882 - 1961)

Date1909

MediumDrypoint on paper

DimensionsPlate: 10 3/8 × 7 15/16 inches (26.35 × 20.16 cm)
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 1/8 inches (37.78 × 25.72 cm)

Credit LineGift of Scott Heffley

Object number2017.78.5

Signed"Albert Bloch" in lower left quadrant; "Heinr. Welleroth, Munchen, gdr" printer's signature in graphite, bottom left plate edge

Inscribed"London, XCMIX" in graphite under signature in lower left quadrant

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Not on view

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American Art

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DescriptionUsing fine black lines, this vertically oriented drypoint print depicts at its center a woman holding a baby on the left and a man on the right. The woman wears a hat, coat, and long skirt that covers her shoes. She tightly holds the baby, wrapped in a blanket, against her. Its head rests on the woman’s proper right shoulder and is tucked just beneath her chin. The man whom she stands next to also wears a hat and sports a mustache. His coat is open to reveal a striped shirt. He wears dark colored pants and dark shoes. While his proper left arm hangs straight down at his side, his proper right arm is bent at the elbow at a 90-degree angle. The fingers of his hand curl around a small roughly rectangular object with an unintelligible inscription or label on it. Both figures lean again a wall. They wear far-off, dejected expressions. Near the lower left corner of the image is the inscription: “Albert Bloch / London / MCMIX”Exhibition History

Exhibition History

None

Provenance

The artist (1881–1961), Lawrence, KS, 1909–March 23,1961;

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

Her gift to Scott Heffley, Kansas City, MO, June 11, 2001–December 31, 2017;

His gift to The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 31, 2017.

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None

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