DrawingsAmerican20th century

Dark Houses

1951

Artists

Albert BlochArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on cream, rough, machine made, wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

Sheet: 14.5 x 19.5 cm (5 11/16 x 7 11/16 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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