A Stitch at Night [The Tailor]

1938

Abe Blashko

American, 1920 - 2011

Lithographic crayon on Sunray Drawing Board

23 x 14 1/2 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

39.44

Provenance: The artist, Seattle, to Seattle Art Museum, January 1939, purchase

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryIn chronological order:

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-July 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 p. 25.

cf. Hackett, Regina. “SAM Show Unearths Views of a Long-lost Pacific Northwest,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 29, 1995: p. 22 [review of 1995 show; lengthy commentary on three Blashko 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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