DrawingsAmerican20th century

Portrait of a Friend

1917

Artists

Albert BlochArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black pen and ink on yellow-cream, machine made, wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

Sheet: 20.6 x 21.6 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Collection of Albert Bloch, by descent; to his wife, Anna Bloch, 1961, gift; to the Albert Bloch Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2003, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2025

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