Flower Vendor or Market Woman

Artist Albert Bloch (American, 1882 - 1961)

Date1909-1911

MediumDrypoint on paper

DimensionsPlate: 6 3/8 × 3 5/8 inches (16.19 × 9.21 cm)
Sheet: 14 11/16 × 9 13/16 inches (37.31 × 24.92 cm)

Credit LineGift of Scott Heffley

Object number2017.78.11

SignedMonogram "AB" printed in upper left corner of image; "Albert Bloch" in graphite under lower right quadrant of image; "Heinr. Welleroth, Munchen, gdr" printer's signature in graphite, bottom left plate edge

Inscribed"5" in graphite under printer's signature under lower left corner of image

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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 a standing, full-bodied woman. With the woven basket beside her at the left side of the image, she occupies the majority of the composition. She is standing with her body in a three-quarters profile pose, while her head is turned to the right in profile. Her proper right arm hangs at her side, while her proper left arm is extended, and bent at the elbow. She holds a flower in her proper left hand. The ambiguous environment within which the woman stands is suggested through a series lines that frame her body. Above her head and near the upper left corner of the image is the monogram “AB.”Exhibition History

Exhibition History

None

Provenance

The artist (1881–1961), Lawrence, KS, 1911–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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