Henry Block papers
name: label: Creator
content: Block, Henry, 1875-1938
label: Names
content: Block, Adolph, 1906-1978
topic: label: Occupation
content: Wood-engravers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Adolph Block, is Henry Block's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Block, Henry, 1875-1938
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, engraver, and etcher. Studying at the Art Students League in New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((200 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blochenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two engraved portraits, four sketchbooks and a few loose sketches; exhibition catalogs and announcements; newspaper and magazine clippings; including several regarding the early art career of his son Adolph; photographs of his art work and a undated photograph of Block painting outdoors; postcards from Adolph written to him and his wife while traveling in Europe in 1927; and correspondence.