Herbert Lawrence Block

Five Hundred Million of Them - All Expendable

1950

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
graphite and brush and black ink, heightened with white
Dimensions
overall: 57.4 x 36.3 cm (22 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
Collection no.
1964.8.345
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Five Hundred Million of Them - All Expendable — Herbert Lawrence Block. 1950.

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

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 57.4 x 36.3 cm (22 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1964.8.345. 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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