Albert Bloch (1882-1961)

Harlekin

Details

Albert Bloch (1882-1961)
Harlekin
watercolor, crayon and pen and India ink on paper
20 x 13½ in. (50.8 x 34.3 cm.)
Painted in 1912

Provenance

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Friends of Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Kansas City.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1978.

Exhibited

Munich, Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Albert Bloch, June 1919.
Kunstverein zu Jena, Albert-Bloch, May 1920.
Lawrence, University of Kansas Museum of Art, Albert Bloch (1882-1961): An Exhibition of Watercolors, Drawings, and Drypoints, April-June 1963.
New York, Goethe House, Albert Bloch: Selected Paintings and Drawings, December 1963-January 1964.
Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Vienna, Innsbruck, and Salzburg, USIA/USIS, Albert Bloch: ein amerikanischer Blauer Reiter, 1882-1961, November 1964-August 1965.
Clinton, New York, Edward W. Root Art Center Hamilton College, Albert Bloch, 1882-1961, An American Expressionist: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, February-March 1974.
Kansas City, Friends of Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Albert Bloch, Blaue Reiter Artist in the Midwest: Retrospective Exhibition, 1911-1958: Oils, Watercolors, Drawings, October-November 1978.

Lot Essay

Mrs. Bloch has confirmed the authenticity of this watercolor.
We also thank David Cateforis for his research of this watercolor.

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