Portrait of a Woman
Artist
Albert Bloch
(American, 1882 - 1961)
Date1911
MediumPen and ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 18 1/8 × 14 inches (46.04 × 35.56 cm)
Framed: 29 7/8 × 25 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (75.88 × 64.14 × 3.81 cm)
Framed: 29 7/8 × 25 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (75.88 × 64.14 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Scott Heffley
Object number2022.42.2
InscribedArtist’s signature at upper right in black ink, and "1911", in brown ink and pen at lower right
MarkingsWatermark at left reading “CFW”
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DescriptionThe vertically oriented monochromatic pen-and-ink drawing depicts a woman who faces the viewer in a what appears to be a seated position despite there being nothing shown on which she could sit. She has chin-length wavy hair, wide-set eyes, and full lips. She wears a long-sleeved gown and holds her hands, fingers lightly intertwined, in her lap. The woman fills the composition with the top of her head near the top of the image and the lower portion of her gown extending to the lower left edge.ProvenanceInherited from the artist by his wife, Anna Francis Bloch (1913-2014), 1961-1994;
Purchased from Anna Bloch by Scott Heffley, Kansas City, MO, 1994-2022 [1];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Washington, DC, Albert Bloch Papers, Box 11, Artwork lists and ownership notes, Kansas City: Scott Heffley, copies in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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