Archives of American Art
Albert Bloch papers
Bloch, Albert
AAA.blocalbe
Archival Resource Key
17.9 Linear feet
1873-2014
The papers of painter and educator Albert Bloch measure 17.9 linear feet and date from 1873 to 2014. The collection documents his career as an artist and university professor in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as his time in Munich, Germany, as part of the Blue Rider group of German Expressionists. The collection includes biographical material, extensive personal and professional correspondence, writings, personal business records, exhibition files, printed material, photographs, and artwork. Throughout the collection are records maintained by his widow Anna Bloch on the exhibition, sale, and research of Bloch's work after his death.
Collection is in English and German.
Scope and Contents
The papers of painter and educator Albert Bloch measure 17.9 linear feet and date from 1873 to 2014. The collection documents his career as an artist and university professor in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as his time in Munich, Germany, as part of the Blue Rider group of German Expressionists. The collection includes biographical material, extensive personal and professional correspondence, writings, personal business records, exhibition files, printed material, photographs, and artwork. Throughout the collection are records maintained by his widow Anna Bloch on the exhibition, sale, and research of Bloch's work after his death.
Biographical material includes vital records, passports, chronologies, biographical summaries, family history documents, and bibliography files compiled by Anna Bloch. Correspondence is with family, friends, artists, art historians, students, museums, galleries, publishers, magazines, and others, and includes letters of both a personal and professional nature. Of note is Albert Bloch's correspondence with artists Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Emmy Klinker, Franz Marc, Philipp Fehl, and his students James Penney and Robert Sudlow.
Writings include poetry, lectures, essays, notes, and Bloch's translations of the writings of Austrian writer Karl Kraus. Included are many drafts of his book of poetry, Ventures in Verse: Selected Pieces. Also found are love notes between Albert and Anna Bloch. Writings by others include a few notebooks and loose notes by Anna Bloch, essays and lectures about Bloch's artwork, and poetry.
Personal business records include lists of artworks, price lists, sales records, and ownership records, and more recent records concerning artwork conservation; agreements, and consignment records with art galleries and dealers; and artwork shipping records, all maintained by Anna Bloch. Exhibition files are not comprehensive, and primarily document retrospective exhibitions of Bloch's artwork occurring after his death. Of note are records, including a scrapbook, for a 1997 retrospective at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Printed material includes exhibition publications, news clippings, magazines, journals, and photocopies of Bloch's work for The Mirror. Photographs depict Bloch in his home, studio, and with family and friends. Also found are many photographs of family and friends, artwork by Bloch, Blue Rider exhibition photographs taken by artist Gabriele Münter, and two photograph album "Record Books" that contain annotated photographs of his painting during the period that he lived in Germany. A small amount of artwork includes sketches by Bloch.
Conditions Governing Access
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Terms of Use
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated in 2015 by the Albert Bloch Foundation via Scott Heffley, president. Additonal letters from Anna Bloch donated 2017 by David Strauss, Albert Bloch's cousin.
Preferred Citation
Albert Bloch papers, 1873-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Erin Kinhart in 2016. A small addition was added into the existing collection in 2017.
Related Materials
The Albert Bloch, the American Blue Rider Exhibition records, 1994-1997, are available at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged as 8 series.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1873-1990s (0.4 Linear feet; Box 1)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1912-2013 (6.2 Linear feet; Boxes 1-7)
- Series 3: Writings, circa 1920s-1990s (3.9 Linear feet; Boxes 7-11)
- Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1914-2014 (0.6 Linear feet; Box 11)
- Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1939-2000 (0.7 Linear feet; Box 12, 19)
- Series 6: Printed Material, 1911-2006 (2 Linear feet; Boxes 12-14)
- Series 7: Photographic Materials, circa 1882-2013 (4.1 Linear feet; Boxes 14-21)
- Series 8: Artwork, circa 1930s-1950s (0.2 Linear feet; Box 17)
Biographical / Historical
Albert Bloch (1882-1961) was a painter and educator in Lawrence, Kansas. From 1909 to 1921, he lived and worked in Germany, where he was associated with Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group of European modernists.
Bloch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a teenager attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. From 1905 to 1913, he contributed numerous caricatures, cartoons, covers, and articles to the satirical newspaper The Mirror. In 1905, he married Hortense Altheimer and they lived briefly in New York City before moving to the artists' district in Munich, Germany, thanks to the financial support of William Reedy, editor of The Mirror. By 1911 Bloch had befriended prominent members of the Neue Kunstlervereinigung Munchen (NKVM), including Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. He joined them when they later seceded from the NKVM group to form Der Blaue Reiter. Bloch exhibited six paintings in the group's first exhibition in 1911-1912. Over the next few years, Bloch exhibited his works regularly, most notably at Der Sturm Gallery. He and his family remained in Germany throughout World War I, returning to the US in 1921.
Bloch worked briefly at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, and in 1923, settled in Lawrence, Kansas, accepting a faculty position at the University of Kansas. During this period he did not regularly exhibit his work and focused on teaching and writing. He corresponded with Austrian writer Karl Kraus, editor of Die Fackel, and began to translate Kraus' works into English. In the early 1930s, Bloch met Anna Francis at the University of Kansas and later she lived with the Bloch family, including Hortense and two sons, Bernard and Walter. After the death of his wife Hortense, Alfred married Anna in 1951. 1947, Bloch suffered a heart attack and retired from the University of Kansas. That same year a book of his poetry, Ventures in Verse: Selected Pieces, was published.
Bloch continued to paint and had a large retrospective of his work in 1955 at the University of Kansas Museum of Art. He died in December 1961 after a long illness.
Photographs
Art -- Study and teaching
Educators -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Expressionism (Art)
Blaue Reiter (Group of artists)
Painters -- Kansas -- Lawrence
Sketches
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944
Fehl, Philipp P.
Bloch, Anna
Penney, James, 1910-1982
Marc, Franz, 1880-1916
Klinker, Emmy
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
Sudlow, Robert
Biographical Material
Series 1
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0.4 Linear feet
Box 1
1873-1990s
Scope and Contents
Biographical material includes vital records such as passports, birth, death, and marriage records, as well as chronologies and biographical summaries about Albert Bloch's career written for various publication purposes. Also found are Bloch's address book, an address book belonging to his mother, family history documents, and items found on the table in his studio, such as newspaper clippings, photographs, and reproductions of artwork by others that he collected. Also of note are bibliography files created by Anna Bloch, after Albert's death, to document published references to his artwork and career. These are notes and lists that she compiled in various forms over decades, and may compliment additional records found in Series 4: Personal Business Records.
Address Book
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circa 1940s-1950s
1
1
Address Book, Mrs. Theo. Bloch
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undated
1
2
Albert Bloch Death Records
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1932-1963
1
3
Bibliography Files and Artwork Notes
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circa 1960s-1990s
1
4-6
Biographical Records
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1920-1961
1
7
Bloch Letters in Other Archives
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circa 1960s
1
8
Chronology and Biographical Summaries
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circa 1960s-1970s
1
9
Estate of Walter Bloch
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1952-1953
1
10
Family History
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1873-1987
1
11
Items from Table in Studio
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circa 1940s-1950s
1
12
Name Plate and Calling Cards
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undated
1
13
Passports
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1970
1920
1
14
Personal Stationery
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circa 1950s
1
15
Puppies
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1961-1971
1
16
Rent Receipts
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1918
1
17
Correspondence
Series 2
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6.2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-7
1912-2013
Scope and Contents
Found here is Albert and Anna Bloch's correspondence with family, friends, artists, students, museums, galleries, publishers, magazines, and others, and includes letters of both a personal and professional nature. Of note is Albert Bloch's correspondence with artists Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Emmy Klinker, Franz Marc, Philipp Fehl, and his students James Penney and Robert Sudlow. Much of the personal correspondence is addressed to Albert and Anna both, and Anna maintained correspondence with many of the friends and colleagues after Albert's death. Some early correspondence, such as letter from publisher William Reedy, is only available as photocopies. Much of Anna Bloch's later correspondence is with art dealers, museums, art historians, and universities regarding research or exhibition of Albert Bloch's artwork.
Researchers should note that some correspondence is in German.
Adams, Henry
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1997-2005
1
18
Aiken, Charlotte
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circa 1928-1930
1
19
Anderson, Lynn
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1986-2006
1
20-21
Archives of American Art
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1985-1990
1
22
Arntzen, Helmut
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1987-2000
1
23
Arts & Antiques
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1986-1987
1
24
A, Miscellaneous
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1926-1994
1
25
Bellinger, Earl
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1977
1
26
Beloit College
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1963
1
27
Bernard, Allen
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1983-1985
1
28
Bernays, Thekla (Photocopies)
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circa 1920
1
29
Birmingham Museum of Art
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1986-1987
1
30
Bloch, Bernard
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1925-1965
1
31-37
Bloch, Scott
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1980-1988
1
38
Bloch, Walter and Family
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1932-1990
1
39-42
Born, Dan
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circa 1980s
2
1-2
Brady, Betty and Rupert
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1956-1989
2
3
Branch, Mattie
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circa 1965-1987
2
4
Brenner Archiv
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1963-1991
2
5-7
Broun, Betsy
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1979-2003
2
8
Bruce Humphries, Inc.
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1930-1931
2
9
Bruell, Paul
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1938-1963
2
10-13
B, Miscellaneous
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1923-2002
2
14
Carlisle, Sallie and Fleur
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1961-1969
2
15
Champion, Elke
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1995-2002
2
16
Conard, Audrey
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circa 1970s-1990
2
17-19
C, Miscellaneous
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1944-2008
2
20
Dexel, Walter
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1917-1921, 1963
2
21
Dickerson, Bill and Betty
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circa 1969-1981
2
22
Die Fackel
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1926-1934
2
23
Des Moines Art Center
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1967-1986
2
24
D, Miscellaneous
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1949-1987, 2003
2
25
Elliot, Ann
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1947-1960s
2
26-29
Esch, Jeanne
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1988-1989
2
30
E, Miscellaneous
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1937-1975, 2000
2
31
Fairchild, Granville and Frieda
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1955-2013
2
32-37
Family (General)
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1915-1971
2
38
Fehl, Philipp
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1956-2000
2
39-40
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company
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1956-1970
3
1
Fleischmann, Otto
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1959-1960
3
2
Four Seas Company
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1929-1930
3
3
Francis Family
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circa 1956-1990
3
4
Francis, Mabel
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1953-1971
3
5-7
Franzen, Susan
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circa 1962-1986
3
8
Frederick Unger Publishing Co.
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1947-1963
3
9
F, Miscellaneous
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1952-2005
3
10
Galerie Koller
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1982-1983
3
11
Galerie Werner Kunze
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1977
3
12
Gerald Peters Gallery
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1986-1987
3
13
Gilbert, James and Cecil
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1956-1969
3
14
Glueckselig, Frederick
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1967-1970
3
15
Green, Richard
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1968-2006
3
16-21
Greenbaum, Nancy (Wolf)
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1962-2003
3
22-27
Greenough, Margaret
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1957-1958
3
28
G, Miscellaneous
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1941-1985, 2004
3
29
Hammond, Dale and Pearle
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1946-1987
3
30-31
Hanford, Dana
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1961-1990
3
32
Heffley, Scott
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1986-2009
3
33
Heller, Erich
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1960-1975
3
34
Henkes, Robert
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1971-1974
3
35
Holske, Alan
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1941-1963
3
36
Howard, Janice
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1983-2003
3
37
Hughes, Jack
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1960-1988
3
38
Humphrey, Donald
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1959-1988
3
39-40
Hunt, Jim
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1967-circa 1970s
4
1
H, Miscellaneous
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1926-1990
4
2
IAC Galleries, Inc.
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1972-1973
4
3
Illetschko, Georgia
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1987-1988
4
4
Imfeld, Niklaus
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1988-1989
4
5
Jahoda, Martin
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1938-1943
4
6
Jawlensky, Angelica
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1992-1993
4
7
Jones, Jo
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1984-1986
4
8
I-J, Miscellaneous
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1957-2004
4
9
Kaerwer, Barbara
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1980-1983
4
10
Kahn, Max
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1960s-1988
4
11
Kandinsky, Wassily
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1936-1937
4
12
Kansas Quarterly
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1990-1991
4
13
Katzenstein, Ernst
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1943-1975
4
14
Keller, Douglas
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1966-1987, 2000
4
15
Klee, Paul
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1936-1939
4
16
Klinker, Emmy
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1934-1948
4
17
Klinker, Emmy
Klinker, Emmy
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1949-1952
4
18
Klinker, Emmy
Klinker, Emmy
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1953-1958
4
19
Klinker, Emmy
Klinker, Emmy
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1959-1969
4
20
Klinker, Emmy
Krannert Art Museum
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1962-1990
4
21
Kruty, Paul
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1983-1990
4
22
K, Miscellaneous
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1948-1993
4
23
Lankheit, Klaus
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1962-1982, 1992
4
24
Lasky, Ruth
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1986-1987
4
25
Layton, Elizabeth
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1980-1992
4
26-27
Lazarus, Michael and Irene
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1938-1960
4
28-43
Lazarus, Michael and Irene
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1961-1989
5
1-13
Leonard Hutton Galleries
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1962-1977
5
14
Levin, Gail
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1975-1984
5
15
Library of Congress
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1963
5
16
Lowe, Michael
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1983-1990
5
17
Lull, Peggy
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circa 1985-1986
5
18
L, Miscellaneous
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1937-1994
5
19
Madrigal, Tica
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circa 1980s
5
20
Mannen, Paul and Eunice
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1929-1974
5
21-24
Marc, Franz
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1912-1916
5
25-27
Marc, Franz, Copies, Translations, and Notes
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undated
5
28-29
Marc, Maria
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1935-1938, 1948
5
30-31
Marc, Maria, Copies, Translations, and Notes
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undated
5
32
Mattern, Karl and Mary
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circa 1933-1974
5
33-34
May, Morton D.
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1974-1981
6
1
McCouch, Gordon
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1925-1956
6
2-3
McCouch, Xenia
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1956-1968, 1984-1985
6
4
McCullagh, Janice
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1982-1991
6
5-6
McDonnell, Patricia
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1988-1990
6
7
Meek, Katherine (Silks)
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1935-1987
6
8-17
Miller, B.
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1954-1981
6
18
Miller, J. Edgar
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circa 1924
6
19
Mohr, Werner
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1989-1994
6
20
Mulvane Art Center of Topeka
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1960, 1978
6
21
Museum of Modern Art
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1981-1990
6
22
M, Miscellaneous
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1923-1988
6
23
National Museum of American Art (National Collection of Fine Arts)
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1965-1966, 1982-1996
6
24
N, Miscellaneous
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1938-1991, 2002
6
25
O'Connor, Fedalma
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1953-1981
6
26-29
O, Miscellaneous
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1976, undated
6
30
Palmer, Herbert
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1966-1970
6
31
Paul Klee-Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern
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1991-1992
6
32
Penney, James
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1953-1988
6
33-35
Prather, Marla
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1984-1993
6
36
P, Miscellaneous
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1938-1989
6
37
Reedy, William (Photocopies)
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circa 1910-1911
6
38
R, Miscellaneous
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1964-1989
6
39
Salinger, Herman
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1947-1983
6
40-41
Scheichl, Sigurd
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1979-1980
7
1
Schmahling, Walter
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1962-1974
7
2
Schmitz, Ninette
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1949-1966
7
3
Schuchter, Maria
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1985-1987
7
4-5
Seeing Eye, Inc.
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1987-1989
7
6
Sewell, Katherine
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1958-1989
7
7
Shorewood Publishers, Inc.
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1965
7
8
Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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1988
7
9
Stadtische Galerie und Lenbachgalerie
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1961-1964, 1986
7
10
Stone, Bernard
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1965-1980
7
11
Sudlow, Robert
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1951-1984
7
12-13
Swift, Carolyn
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circa 1980s
7
14
S, Miscellaneous
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1958-2003
7
15
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Bloch's cousin, David Strauss.
Taylor, Crawford
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1987-1991
7
16
University of California, Berkeley
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1979-1980
7
17
University of Kansas
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1947-2002
7
18
University of Notre Dame
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1974
7
19
Von Ziegesar, Peter
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1987-1988
7
20
Voth, Harold
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circa 1963-1986
7
21
Voth, Robert and Marsha
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1974-1989
7
22
T-V, Miscellaneous
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1923, 1950-1999
7
23
Wagner, Clarence
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1966
7
24
Walden, Herwarth
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1913-1917
7
25
Washton Long, Rose-Carol
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1981-1982
7
26
Whitney Museum of American Art
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1968-1969, 2002
7
27
Wichita Art Museum
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1991
7
28
Wolf, Marion
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1980-1981
7
29
W, Miscellaneous
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1925-1990
7
30
Zimmermann, Frederick
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circa 1954-1955
7
31
Zohn, Harry
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1969-1975
7
32
Z, Miscellaneous
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1949-1975
7
33
Unidentified
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1934-2008
7
34-35
Writings
Series 3
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3.9 Linear feet
Boxes 7-11
circa 1920s-1990s
Scope and Contents
Writings include poetry, lectures, essays, notes, and Bloch's translations of the writings of Austrian writer Karl Kraus. Some writings by Albert Bloch may have additional annotations by his wife Anna. A large portion of the writings consist of drafts of Bloch's collection of original poetry, published in 1947 as Ventures in Verse: Selected Pieces. Also found are private reminders, love notes, and hellos written on scraps of paper between Albert and Anna Bloch.
Writings by others include a few notebooks and loose notes by Anna Bloch, essays and lectures about Bloch's artwork, an essay by artist Franz Marc, and poetry by others. Also found are notes and research material regarding Karl Kraus, compiled by Michael Lazarus. Some of this material may have been annotated by Albert Bloch.
Arrangement
Writings by Albert Bloch are filed first, followed by writings by others filed alphabetically by author.
Bibliography Note Cards
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circa 1950s-1960s
7
36-38
"Ishmael's Breviary," Unorganized Script
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circa 1920s
7
39-42
"Ishmael's Breviary," Draft Fragments
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circa 1920s
7
43
"Ishmael's Breviary," Discarded
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circa 1920s
7
44
"Karl Kraus: Aphorisms" Translated by Albert Bloch
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circa 1960
7
45-46
"Karl Kraus: Aphorisms" Translated by Albert Bloch
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circa 1960
8
1-3
Karl Kraus Translations by Albert Bloch
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circa 1961
8
4
Lectures
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undated
8
5
Miscellaneous Draft Writings, Fragments, and Notes
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circa 1920s-1960
8
6-13
Notes from Albert to Anna Bloch
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circa 1950s
8
14
Notes Between Albert and Anna Bloch
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circa 1940s-1950s
8
15-16
"Of the Beginning"
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1943
8
17-18
"Pictures and People: From a Painter's Point of View"
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circa 1930s
8
19-22
Poems, by Karl Kraus, Translated by Albert Bloch
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circa 1928-1930
8
23-25
Poems, by Karl Kraus, Translated by Albert Bloch
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circa 1928-1930
9
1-3
Poetry
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1934-1935
undated
9
4-7
Reading Lists, Outlines, and Notes for "History of Art"
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circa 1926-1944
9
8-9
"Themes and Variations: Ventures in Verse" Draft
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circa 1930s
9
10
"Ventures in Verse I"
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1937
1953
9
11-13
"Ventures in Verse II"
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1937
9
14-24
"Ventures in Verse III"
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undated
9
25
"Ventures in Verse III"
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undated
9
26
"Ventures in Verse III"
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undated
9
27
"Ventures in Verse III"
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1939-1940, undated
10
1
"Ventures in Verse III"
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1939-1940
10
2
"Ventures in Verse III"
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1939-1940
10
3-5
"Ventures in Verse," Various Drafts
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circa 1929-1950s
10
6-20
Ventures in Verse, Published Excerpts
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1947
10
21
Writings by Others
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11
Arntzen, Helmut, "Albert Bloch und Karl Kraus"
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1992
11
1
Baron, Frank, "Albert Bloch, The Blue Rider, and the Failure of the 'European Idea'"
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undated
11
2
Bloch, Anna, Essay on John Donne
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undated
11
3
Bloch, Anna, Miscellaneous Notes
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circa 1960s-1990s
11
4
Bloch, Anna, Notebook and Loose Writings
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circa 1950s-1961
11
5
Bloch, Anna, Travel Notebook
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1964
11
6
Green, Richard, Symposium Lecture
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1978
11
7
Lankheit, Klaus, Lecture
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1965
11
8
Lazarus, Michael, Notes and Research Material on Karl Kraus
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circa 1950s-1970s
11
9-10
Levin, Gail, Dissertation Chapter
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s
11
11
Marc, Franz, "Das Geheime Europa"
Archival Resource Key
undated
11
12
Meek, Katherine, Essay
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980
11
13
Various Authors, Poetry
Archival Resource Key
undated
11
14
Personal Business Records
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
0.6 Linear feet
Box 11
1914-2014
Scope and Contents
Found here are business records concerning Bloch's career as an artist as well as the management of his artwork by Anna Bloch after his death. Included are numerous lists of artworks, price lists, sales records, and ownership records, as well as an incomplete set of notecards containing provenance details from the 1940s. Also found are more recent records concerning activities of the Albert Bloch Foundation; artwork conservation; correspondence, agreements, and consignment records with art galleries and dealers; and artwork shipping and travel records. Additionally there is one artwork sales ledger from the period that Bloch was living in Munich, Germany.
Albert Bloch Foundation
Archival Resource Key
2001-2009
11
15
Artwork Sales Ledger
Archival Resource Key
1914-1930
11
16
Artwork List, Oils
Archival Resource Key
2002
11
17
Artwork Lists and Ownership Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-1990s
11
18-23
Artwork Provenance Notecards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
11
24
Artwork Sales Records
Archival Resource Key
1950s-1960s
11
25
Bailey art Conservation, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1987
11
26
Conservation Work, Steve Bonham
Archival Resource Key
1987-1991
11
27
Gavin Spanierman, Ltd.
Archival Resource Key
circa 2013
11
28
Gift of Lyonel Feininger Letters to Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Archival Resource Key
1975
11
29
Hollis Taggart Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1990s-2000
11
30-31
Legal Documents
Archival Resource Key
1945-1967, 1980-1983
11
32
Sale of Hinterglasmalerei
Archival Resource Key
1981-1982
11
33
Sid Deutsch Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1985-1991
11
34
Spencer Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
1983-2014
11
35
Traveling Art Records
Archival Resource Key
1992-1997
11
36
Exhibition Files
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
0.7 Linear feet
Box 12, 19
1939-2000
Scope and Contents
The exhibition files found here are not comprehensive, and primarily document retrospective exhibitions of Bloch's artwork occurring after his death. Files for each exhibition may include correspondence, exhibition lists, press releases, published reviews, photographs, and planning documents. Of note are records regarding a USIS touring retrospective in Germany and Austria (1964-1965), a retrospective at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (1974), and a retrospective at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of art (1997) which also includes a scrapbook compiled by Frank Baron.
Arrangement
Exhibition files are arranged chronologically.
Albert Bloch Retrospective, University of Kansas and Touring (1955-1957)
Archival Resource Key
1955-1957
12
1-4
Albert Bloch, University of Kansas Museum of Art (1963)
Archival Resource Key
1963
12
5
Selected Paintings and Drawings by Albert Bloch, Goethe House (1963)
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
12
6
Albert Bloch: Ein Amerikanischer Blaue Reiter, USIS Touring Exhibition (1964-1965)
Archival Resource Key
1939-1965
12
7-9
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Albert Bloch, Pembroke Country Day School (1966)
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
12
10
Retrospective Exhibition, St. John's College (1966)
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
12
11
Albert Bloch Exhibition, Wichita Art Association (1969-1970)
Archival Resource Key
1969
12
12
Albert Bloch (1882-1961): An American Expressionist, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (1974)
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974
12
13-14
Albert Bloch Memorial Exhibition, University of Kansas (1978)
Archival Resource Key
1978
12
15
Albert Bloch Retrospective, Nelson-Atkins Gallery (1978)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1978
12
16
Stationen der Moderne, Berlinische Galerie (1988-1989)
Archival Resource Key
1987-1989
12
17
Theme and Improvisation: Kandinsky and the American Avant-Garde, Dayton Art Institute (1992)
Archival Resource Key
1990-1992
12
18
Albert Bloch, Spencer Museum of Art (1992)
Archival Resource Key
1992
12
19
VICEVERSA, Deutsches Historisches Museum (1996)
Archival Resource Key
1995-1996
12
20
Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1997)
Archival Resource Key
1995-1997
12
21-22
Scope and Contents
Oversized scrapbook housed in Box 19
The Strife for Synthesis, Lenbachhaus (1999)
Archival Resource Key
1997-2000
12
23
Miscellaneous Exhibition Records
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-1983
12
24
Oversized Scrapbook, Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1997) from Box 12, Folder 22
Archival Resource Key
1997
19
Printed Material
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
2 Linear feet
Boxes 12-14
1911-2006
Scope and Contents
Printed material includes catalogs and announcements for the exhibitions of Albert Bloch's artwork, as well as news clippings, various magazines, journals, and photocopied book excerpts documenting his career. Of note are catalogs and checklists for exhibitions of Bloch's work in Germany, including exhibitions of the Berliner Secession, Der Blaue Reiter group, and several exhibitions at Galerie Der Sturm. Also found are photocopies of Bloch's extensive work for the St. Louis satirical publication The Mirror.
Book Excerpts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-1950s
12
25
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1911-1948
12
26-35
Scope and Contents
Includes catalogs for Berliner Secession, Der Blaue Reiter, and Der Sturm.
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1949
13
1
Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1922-2006
13
2-13
Magazines, Journals, and Newsletters
Archival Resource Key
1913-2005
13
14-19
The Mirror, Caricatures and Cartoons (Photocopies)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990s
14
1-2
Miscellaneous Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-1980s
14
3-4
News Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1916-2001
14
5-7
News Clippings from Nelson-Adkins Museum of Art Archives
Archival Resource Key
undated
14
8
News Clippings Regarding "Upheaval"
Archival Resource Key
1968-1970
14
9
Postcards
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-1950s
14
10
Printed Material Regarding Karl Kraus
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
14
11
Printed Material Regarding Pearson College
Archival Resource Key
circa 1973-1975
14
12
Reproductions of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s, 1970s-1990s
14
13-14
Photographic Material
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
4.1 Linear feet
Boxes 14-21
circa 1882-2013
Scope and Contents
Photographs depict Albert Bloch at home, in his studio, and with his family and friends. Also found are numerous portraits and snapshots of friends and family, including his parents, siblings, wife Anna, sons Bernard and Walter, artist Emmy Klinker, and one photograph of artist Franz Marc. Photograph albums include three containing photographs of the Bloch family and two volumes of Bloch's "Record Books" containing photographs of artwork with annotations about each work. Also of note are exhibition photographs taken of the first Blaue Reiter exhibition by artist Gabriele Munter. Additionally there are numerous photographs, slides, negatives, and color transparencies of Bloch's artwork, as well as photographs documenting artwork conservation.
Arrangement
Materials are organized by document type and subject. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.
Albert Bloch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1882-1961
14
15-16
Albert Bloch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1882-1956
14
17
Albert Bloch
Albert Bloch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1882-1961
14
18
Albert Bloch Life Mask
Archival Resource Key
1938
14
19
Anna Bloch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s-2013
14
20-21
Albert and Anna Bloch with Friends and Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1960
14
22-23
Family
Archival Resource Key
Late 1800s-1950s
14
24-25
Friends and Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s-2009
14
26-30
Friends and Family
Archival Resource Key
Late 1800s-1980s
15
1-9
Emmy Klinker and Her Artwork
Archival Resource Key
undated
15
10
Emmy Klinker and Her Artwork
Michael and Irene Lazarus
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s-1971
15
11
Franz Marc
Archival Resource Key
circa 1910s
15
12
Franz Marc
McCouch Family and Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s
15
13-14
Bloch Studio
Archival Resource Key
1961
15
15
Copyprints of Record Book (1911-1918)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
15
16
Blaue Reiter Exhibtion by Gabriele Munter
Archival Resource Key
1911
15
17
Exhibitions at Wichita Art Association and Munson-Williams-Proctor
Archival Resource Key
1970, 1974
15
18
Falls Village
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-1950s
15
19
Places
Archival Resource Key
1930s-1980s
15
20-21
Trude (Dog)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1976
15
22
Miscellaneous Personal Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s, 1987
15
23
Photographs of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1990s
15
24-33
Photographs of Art Conservation
Archival Resource Key
1979-circa 1981
15
34-35
Photographs of Art Conservation
Archival Resource Key
1981-1996
16
1-8
Photographs of Artwork by Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s
16
9
Photograph Album, Bloch Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-1950s
16
10
Photograph Album, Bloch Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
16
11
Photograph Album, Bloch Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-1950s
16
12
Framed Photographs, Family
Archival Resource Key
Late 1800s-1940s
16
13-19
Framed Photographs, Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1920s-1950s
16
20-21
Framed Photographs, Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-1950s
17
1-5
Color Transparencies of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s-1990s
18
1
Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
18
2-5
Slides of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990s
18
6
Slides of Exhibition Installations
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990s
18
7
Photograph Albums, Record Book I and II (Annotated)
Archival Resource Key
1911-1918
19
Glass Plate Negatives of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
undated
20
Conditions Governing Access
Glass plate closed to researchers: fragile.
Glass Plate Negatives of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
undated
21
Conditions Governing Access
Glass plate closed to researchers: fragile.
Artwork
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
0.2 Linear feet
Box 17
circa 1930s-1950s
Scope and Contents
The small amount of artwork found here includes original sketches and photocopies of sketches by Albert Bloch, a sketchbook belonging to his son, Bernard Bloch, artwork created by unidentified children, and a framed pencil sketch of Anna Bloch.
Sketches by Albert Bloch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1950s
17
6
Drawings, Sample Reproductions by Albert Bloch
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s
17
7
Sketchbook by Bernard Bloch
Archival Resource Key
1939
17
8
Framed Sketch of Anna Bloch
Archival Resource Key
undated
17
9
Children's Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
17
10