Alexander A. Blum “Dock Side” Pencil Signed Etching


Blum, Alexander A. “Alexander Blum” (Cincinnati, 1888 — Philadelphia, 1969). A fine American painter, etcher and illustrator, Alex Blum studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and with the Art Students’ League of New York. During the 1920’s and 1930’s his art was included in many major exhibitions in Washington, Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia and Boston. After 1940 most of Alexander Blum’s artistic work was in the field of illustration. Among other museums, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts owns an extensive collection of Blum’s etchings and paintings.


Alexander Blum’s artistic career may be roughly divided into two categories. Until 1930, most of his etchings were architectural views of major cities within the eastern United States. later, he turned more towards figure studies and more decorative compositions, which in turn inclined him to the illustrative arts.


Here we have Alexander A. Blum “Dock Side” Pencil Signed Etching, of a small edition and signed in Pencil, measuring 12 by 8.25 inches and in good condition. Most of these were published by Associated American Artists, New York City, N.Y. in editions of 250. This is numbered 20 in the lower left below the etched work.

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