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Sun, Nov 17, 2024 02:00PM EST
Lot 197

Arnold Blanch (American 1896-1968)

Estimate: $700 - $900

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$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $25,000
$500,000 $50,000
Arnold Blanch (American 1896-1968)
Abstract harbor scene
Ink and watercolor
Unsigned

25 1/2in. x 23 1/4in (65cm. x 59cm)
Framed: 41in. z 38in (104cm. x 98cm)

Accompanied by a letter dated Dec. 9, 1970.
from Oscar Krasner, Krasner Galleries, New York.
Certifying this painting as a genuine Arnold Blanch.
Originally signed on the back of the stretcher, but signature was lost at reframing.

Blanch taught at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco
In California he discovered his love for teaching and became friends with Diego Rivera when Rivera was working on his City College murals. Blanch also taught at the Art Students League in New York from 1935 to 1939 and at the League’s Woodstock branch through the 1960s.

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