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Herbert Lawrence Block

Herbert Lawrence Block

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Artist: Aline Fruhauf, 1907 - 1978
Sitter: Herbert Lawrence Block, 13 Oct 1909 - 7 Oct 2001

Date: c. 1949

Type: Drawing

Medium: Watercolor, pencil, opaque white and chalk on paper
Dimensions: Image: 42.5 × 33.2 cm (16 3/4 × 13 1/16"); Sheet: 49.8 × 35.5 cm (19 5/8 × 14")

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Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Erwin Vollmer

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply
Copyright: © Estate of Aline Fruhauf

Object number: NPG.83.67

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

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