The Blind Violinist

1938

Abe Blashko

American, 1920 - 2011

Lithographic crayon on Sunray Drawing Board

23 x 14 1/2 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

40.62

Provenance: the artist, Seattle, to Seattle Art Museum, July 1940, purchase (for $35)

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryIn chronological order:

{possibly Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Drawings by Abe Blashko, Nov. 9-Dec. 4, 1938. No catalogue.}

Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Northwest Art of the 1930s, Apr. 27-June 30, 1995. No catalogue.

Published ReferencesIn chronological order:

cf. Callahan, Kenneth. “Seattle Art Museum,” Seattle Sunday Times, November 12, 1938: p. 5 [review of 1938 SAM show, discusses all the drawings generally].

Martin, Scott. “Integrating Style with Substance: Scott Martin Talks with Cover Artist Abe Blashko,” Raven Chronicles 3, no. 3 (Spring 1994), reproduced cover.

cf. Hackett, Regina. "SAM Show Unearths Views of a Long-lost Pacific Northwest," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 28, 1995: p. 22 [review of 1995 show; lengthy commentary on three drawings, none identified].

Martin, Scott. “Art is Where You Find It: An Exhibit and Profile of Abe Blashko, Raven Chronicles, on-line edition (April 1998), ravenchronicles.org, reproduced

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