ARTIST: Alexander Block (California, 1910 - 1986)
NAME: Peaches on a Branch
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Some wear. Minor paint losses. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. (see pictures carefully)
SIGHT SIZE: 5 x 5 inches / 12 x 12 cm
FRAME SIZE: 9 x 9 inches / 22 x 22 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
PROVENANCE: Ankrum Gallery (has original gallery label on verso)
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
SKU#: 116890
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born in New York City, Irving Block was a painter and muralist who settled in Studio City, California. He earned a B.S. Degree from New York University and also studied at the National Academy of Design and in Paris at Grande Chaumiere.
He exhibited with the California Watercolor Society and was a professor of art in Northridge at California State University. He completed a mural for the American Medical Building for the 1937 World's Fair and also for the United States Treasury Department.