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What is 'Modern', Anyhow?, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1957
HHerbert Lawrence BlockAmerican, 1909–2001

What is 'Modern', Anyhow?

1957 · Drawing

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
3 days ago
In this state since
Aug 19, 2026
Source
The museum
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Particulars

1957 · aged 48
19092001
Accession number
1964.8.356

What it shows

Social criticismPolitical

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsGraphitePost-war art20th centuryAmerican

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  • National Gallery of Art
  • Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

More by Herbert Lawrence Block

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You're With the State Department, I Presume, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1947

You're With the State Department, I Presume

1947 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Go Back! Wrong Boat!, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1947

Go Back! Wrong Boat!

1947 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Five Hundred Million of Them - All Expendable, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1950

Five Hundred Million of Them - All Expendable

1950 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Sometimes I Wonder What's in Those Darn Things, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1953

Sometimes I Wonder What's in Those Darn Things

1953 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Richest Country in the World, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1953

Richest Country in the World

1953 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

U.N. (The United Nations), Herbert Lawrence Block, 1953

U.N. (The United Nations)

1953 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Be Sure to Give Mine Special Attention, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1955

Be Sure to Give Mine Special Attention

1955 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

A Cloud No Bigger Than a Man's Future, Herbert Lawrence Block, 1955

A Cloud No Bigger Than a Man's Future

1955 · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

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Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478

Leonardo da Vinci

Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478

Leonardo da Vinci

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], c. 1474/1478

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890

Girl in White, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Girl in White, 1890

Roses, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Roses, 1890

Self-Portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait, 1889

Farmhouse in Provence, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Vincent van Gogh

Farmhouse in Provence, 1888

La Mousmé, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Vincent van Gogh

La Mousmé, 1888