Lot 335: Albert Bloch (1882-1961)

Gebirgstunnel
signed with the initials and dated 'AB 1916' (lower right)
oil on canvas
35 x 23 1/4 in. (89 x 59 cm.)
Painted in 1916

Berlin, Galerie Der Sturm [Herwarth Walden], Albert Bloch, Herald Kaufmann, May 1917, no. 15.
Frankfurt am Main, Galerie Ludwig Schames, Albert Bloch, Stanislaus Stückgold, July 1917, no. 18.
Munich, Kunsthaus Das Reich, Albert Bloch, München: Eine Auswahl der Bilder aus den letzen fünf Jahren 1913-1918, March - April 1918, no. 8.
New York, Daniel Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Albert Bloch, November 1921, no. 11.
Lugano, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Il Ticino nella pittura europea, September - November 1987 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 120).
Ascona, Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna, on long term loan 1992-1996.
Stans, Frey-Näpflin-Stiftung, So weit das Auge reicht - Landschaftsbilder aus vier Jahrhunderten, October - December 2005 (illustrated in the catalogue p. 19).

Gordon M. McCouch, by whom acquired from the artist in 1920.
Private collection, Lausanne, by whom acquired from the above in 1983. Gertrude Blendinger, by whom acquired from the above in 1998.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

David Cateforis has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.

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