What is 'Modern', Anyhow?
1957
Herbert Lawrence Block
Artist, American, 1909 - 2001
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Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite and brush and black ink, heightened with white
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 54.4 x 36.6 cm (21 7/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1964.8.356
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased from the artist in 1960 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower right: HERBLOCK / @1957 THE WASHINGTON POST CO.; across top: "WHAT IS (underlined) 'MODERN,' ANYHOW?
Wikidata ID
Q64574082