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Robert Frederick Blum

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Pencil and chalk study of a bare leg with bent knee and foot on cream paper, by Robert Frederick Blum, 1890.

Study for the left maenad, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Loose pencil sketch of two men on horseback, one in a wide-brimmed hat, with faint trees and horizon behind them.

Men on horseback

1880

Pencil sketch of a man in a bowler hat and long coat seen from behind, with a small head study above.

Figures in a crowd

1880

Pencil sketch of a Coney Island beach scene with small figures, flagpoles, tents, and bathers on tan paper.

Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

1880

Pencil sketch of four allegorical female figures on a folding screen design, with color notes labeling each panel.

Allegorical figures

1880

Pencil sketch of a circular Navajo war shield with feathers and handwritten color notes labeling light blue, red, and dark ar

War Shield of Navajo

1880

Pencil sketch of a woman and child in capes and bonnets with handwritten clothing notes on cream paper.

Woman and child

1870

Two chalk studies of draped standing women on toned paper, one in red-brown and one in grey with white highlights.

Study for standing woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Loose red chalk sketch of a horse over a pencil grid on tan paper.

Study for left hand, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of a table with fluted legs in an interior, with windows and cabinetry sketched at left and right.

Table

1870

Loose pencil sketch of lilac branches with buds and flower sprays, labeled 'lilac', on cream paper.

Lilac

1870

Red chalk study of a woman in a flowing dress raising a tambourine overhead, with loose drapery lines.

Study for Girl with Tambourine, “Vintage Festival”, Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York

1890

Pencil sketch of a frieze of small classical figures with handwritten notes on four seasons panels.

Allegory of the Four Seasons

1900

Pencil sketch of tall grass stalks with dark seed heads and handwritten notes reading last grass stalks, deep madder.

Madder

1870

Soft pencil sketch of a man in a hat and coat standing on a street beside another figure and a dark doorway.

Man

1900

Pencil sketch of a rocky landscape with a dark mass of trees or rock behind two stone blocks on uneven ground.

Rock formation

1870

Loose graphite sketch of two figures, one wearing a hat, on cream paper with a museum stamp.

Boy

1870

Pencil sketch of a seated man in front of a bullfighting poster with a bull's head emblem and the word Toro.

Bullfighter, Spain

1880

Pencil sketch of a startled man with both hands raised to his head, with handwritten label naming Kenyon Cox.

Sketch of Kenyon Cox

1880

Ink and wash sketch of a man with dark hair, dark jacket and bow tie, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of Kenyon Cox

1870

Pencil sketch of a man's head and shoulders, turned to the side, drawn in loose hatched strokes on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

1880

Pencil sketch of two costumed female figures with suit symbols and handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Playing cards

1880

Café

1880

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship's rigging and sail in the foreground, with a distant Venetian skyline across calm water.

View of Venice, Italy

1900

Pencil sketch of three horse heads on tan paper, one larger above two smaller studies, with a museum stamp below.

Horse

1900

Girl

1900

Red chalk study of a standing boy with a leafy wreath, holding a small figure near his chest, on pale paper.

Study for standing boy with kid, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of women in robes seated in an interior with vertical screens and a low table, drawn in soft graphite.

Japanese Women

1890

Pencil sketch of a seated child with hair in buns leaning on a boat's edge, with faint rigging lines on cream paper.

Boat

1880

Red chalk study of a maenad figure with one arm raised and draped body, on tan paper.

Study for a maenad, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of a man in a light headwrap, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer, on tan paper.

Japanese Man

1890

Pencil sketches of three women's heads in headdresses, with handwritten notes about double lining and velvet and satin.

Headdress

1880

Pencil sketch of a flowering plant with small blossoms and grass leaves, annotated with handwritten notes.

Flowering plant

1870

Sketch, Portrait of a Man

1870

Pencil sketch of a reclining animal with pointed ears and folded legs on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Dog

1870

Pencil sketch of flower clusters on cream paper with handwritten color notes like light scarlet and dull green.

Flowers

1870

Red chalk sketch of a male figure with raised arm and extended arm on tinted paper, a study by Robert Frederick Blum.

Study for a man, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of sailboats on a choppy sea under a cloudy sky, with ships visible on the horizon.

Ships at sea

1880

Pencil sketch of a nest with young hummingbirds, labeled in handwriting, with a loose bird study below.

Hummingbirds

1900

Pencil sketch of a snaphunce long gun with handwritten labels for iron, steel, and brass parts.

Snaphunce long gun

1870

Pencil sketch of a market stall with an awning, figures in hats, and studies of heads on a cream sheet.

Market Scene

1870

Pencil study of ivy garlands and ribbon-tied festoon drapes on pale paper, by Robert Frederick Blum, 1890.

Study for festoons, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of an archway entrance with a standing robed figure and a seated figure beside a stone wall.

Entrance to a Mosque

1870

Pencil sketch of a draped standing figure with a smaller figure seated at lower left on cream paper.

Men

1870

Pencil sketch of an open umbrella and hat above a tree trunk and grass on cream paper with a museum stamp.

Artist sketching

1900

Pencil sketch of a horse and cart with figures in a street scene, above a study of a woman in a hat.

Street scene

1880

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with figures on calm water, smaller boats visible near the distant horizon.

Fishing boats, Japan

1890

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of heads, a seated child, and a woman holding a child, with a museum stamp.

Beggars, Venice, Italy

1880

Pastel study of a nude woman kneeling, seen from behind, with one arm raised, on pale paper.

Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil caricature of a balding man with wide eyes, bushy mustache and heavy jaw on tan paper.

Caricature

1880

Pencil sketch of a kettle drum with tuning keys, a chair and a faint background figure behind it.

Kettle Drum

1880

Dog and lion

1880

Charcoal study of a draped female torso with gathered fabric over the shoulders, on cream paper.

Study for woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Loose pencil sketch on cream paper of a goat's head above a reclining dog.

Dog and goat

1870

Red chalk sketch of a standing nude child seen from behind, with a grid overlay and a faint head study at upper left.

Study for a standing child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a ruffled collar and flowing gown, with hatched shading on the bodice.

Woman

1900

Pencil sketch on paper showing a standing draped female figure with smaller studies of a seated figure and a head.

Women and children

1870

Pencil sketch of a whirlwind with concentric swirling lines and streaming strokes, with handwritten color notes below.

Whirlwind

1880

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and neck in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Horse

1870

Pencil sketch of a sailboat on a horizon under loose clouds, with hatched study forms and handwritten notes below.

Seascape

1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long layered dress, with loose shading on the fabric folds, on cream paper.

Seated woman

1870

Pencil sketch of figures tending horses beneath a wooden shelter, with loose hatched shading and a figure in a hat at right.

Blacksmith

1880

Dog

1880

Pencil sketch of horsemen, a standing figure on a horse, and a crowd with a boat in a loose study.

Feast of the Ascension celebration, Venice, Italy

1880

Loose graphite sketch of a seated woman with bowed head and draped clothing, set against faint interior lines.

Woman

1890

Pencil sketch of loosely drawn seated and standing figures within a rectangular frame, with handwritten color notes below.

Figures in a Garden

1880

Pencil sketch of a rowboat with a seated figure and an oar on calm water, on a tan sheet.

Row Boat

1900

Pencil study sheet with loose bird sketches, angular forms and handwritten colour notes including blue, lilac and sunlight.

Garden

1870

Pencil sketch of an ornate fireplace with a carved mantelpiece and surrounding wall in a room interior.

Fireplace

1870

Pencil sketch of a standing man seen from behind, one arm raised to his head, with loose coat and quick contour lines.

Sketch of a Standing Man

1870

Pencil sketch of a figure with a parasol walking past a woman in a shawl and a man in a hat.

Man and Woman

1880

Pencil sketch of a dagger with an ornate hilt and long blade, with handwritten notes, on a pale sheet of paper.

Dagger

1870

Pencil sketch of a long-necked stringed instrument with notes about pine wood and a small study of birds.

Musical instrument

1870

Pencil sketch of a street vendor's stall with a hanging lantern, a bowl, and handwritten color notes beside it.

Street vendor

1880

Pencil sketch of rocky peaks and a shallow pool of water in a rugged landscape.

Still life

1900

Pencil sketch on paper of several daggers with ornate hilts and blades, with handwritten notes about gold embossed hilts and

Daggers

1870

Women

1880

Pencil sketch of a glass bottle with a long neck and a small child's head sketched above it on aged paper.

Glass bottle

1870

Pencil sketches of a goat's head on pale paper, with horns, ears and eyes drawn in loose strokes.

Goat

1870

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a shawl, with the handwritten name Alice Little below on a cream sheet.

Alice Little

1880

Red chalk study of draped fabric folds for a standing woman figure on tan paper, with faint grid lines.

Study for a standing woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of a winged cherub with a floral crown rising above a loosely drawn draped figure on tan paper.

Cherub

1870

Pencil sketch of an artist seated among easels and canvases in a studio interior, with a handwritten caption below.

Artist in the studio

1880

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and a woman in a hat seated at a café table, with a third figure at the right edge.

Café scene

1880

Pencil sketch of a latticed window in an interior corner with a patterned cornice and shaded wall.

Window

1870

Pencil sketch of a lagoon with a distant city skyline, a tall spire, and boats with figures in the foreground water.

View from Venetian Lagoon

1880

Pencil sketch of a flintlock rifle's stock and lock mechanism, drawn in two views on pale paper.

Flintlock riffle

1870

Two pencil figure studies of a female nude on cream paper: a torso with raised arm above and a reclining figure below.

Two Studies after the Nude of a Woman

1870

Pencil sketch of a central figure seen from behind, surrounded by smaller figures of women and children on tan paper.

Group of figures

1880

Pencil sketch of sailing boats moored in a calm harbor with reflections on the water and a rowboat near the center.

View of a Harbor

1880

Pencil caricature of a bearded man with round spectacles and tousled hair on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Caricature of James McNeill Whistler

1880