1945 Tedeum VE Day
Artist
Albert Bloch
(American, 1882 - 1961)
Date1945
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsImage: 6 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (15.56 × 15.56 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (19.69 × 17.46 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (19.69 × 17.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of Scott Heffley
Object number2022.42.4
InscribedLower left corner is an ink inscription reading “1945Tedeum/VE DAY.”
Markings“Hand Made” watermark and a partially illegible embossment at upper left
reading ““[Crown Symbol] .R.W.S.” with 2nd illegible line, and 3rd and 4th lines reading “GUARANTEED” AND “PURE
PAPER”, respectively. “RWS” is Royal Watercolor Society.
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DescriptionThis small, roughly square pen-and-ink drawing depicts four figures with skull-like faces slumped together on the ground in the foreground of the composition. They are situated in what appears to be a harsh landscape punctuated by several scraggly trees.ProvenanceInherited from the artist by his wife, Anna Francis Bloch (1913-2014), 1961-1996;
Purchased from Anna Bloch by Scott Heffley, Kansas City, MO, 1996-2022 [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.
Copyright© Estate of Albert Bloch
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