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Don't Be Afraid - I Can Always Pull You Back

Herbert Lawrence Block · 1956

Herbert Lawrence Block: American, 1909 - 2001

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Herbert Lawrence Block

Don't Be Afraid - I Can Always Pull You Back

1956

graphite and brush and black ink, heightened with white · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Exact year
Medium
graphite and brush and black ink, heightened with white
Dimensions
overall: 48.5 x 36.6 cm (19 1/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Collection no.
1964.8.343
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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Don't Be Afraid - I Can Always Pull You Back — Herbert Lawrence Block. 1956.

Medium: graphite and brush and black ink, heightened with white.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 48.5 x 36.6 cm (19 1/8 x 14 7/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1964.8.343. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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