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Herbert Lawrence Block

Five Hundred Million of Them - All Expendable, 1950

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Medium

graphite and brush and black ink, heightened with white

Dimensions

overall: 57.4 x 36.3 cm (22 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1964.8.345

Artists / Makers

Herbert Lawrence Block (artist) American, 1909 - 2001

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Inscription

lower right: HERBLOCK / @1950 THE WASHINGTON POST CO.; across top underlined: "FIVE HUNDRED MILLION OF THEM - ALL EXPENDABLE"

Provenance

Purchased from the artist in 1960 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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