Herb Block.
Self Portrait.
Graphite on newsprint paper, ca. 1988.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division
Digital ID # ppmsca-12424
The Drums
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, March 21, 1979. Ink, graphite, porous
point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied by graphite
sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (4)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11968
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12400
The Gray Plague
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, January 29, 1967. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (5)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11969
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12401
Rip-Off
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, June 1, 1975. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (2)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11966
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12399
"And now some more official
information on the accident at Chernobyl"
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, May 6, 1986. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white with paste-on over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied by
graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (1)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11965
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12398
"Quitting time and
all's well"
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, October 3, 1976. Ink, graphite,
opaque white, and blue pencil with paste-ons over graphite underdrawing accompanied
by graphite sketches. Quote from Herblock on All Fronts (New York:
New American Library, 1980).
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (8)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11972
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12402 and ppmsca-12403
Death of a Salesman
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, September 20, 1952. Ink,
graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing, accompanied by graphite
sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (9)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11973
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12404
Haunted House
Published in The Washington Post, July 12, 1970. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing. Quote from Herblock's State
of the Union (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972).
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11971
"Mink is for peasants"
Published in The Washington Post, March 19, 1951. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11970
"We don't want no
troublemakers from the United States"
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, May 23, 1961. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (13)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11977
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12405
"The founders would
have loved it if they'd thought of it"
Published in The Washington Post, January 24, 1985. Ink,
crayon, porous point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (11)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11975
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12398
"You using a pinch
of salt in your recipe, dearie?"
Published in The Washington Post, May 17, 1956.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (12)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11976
An American Tragedy
Published in The Washington Post, June 5, 1964. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white with overlay over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (15)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11979
"You wanted something
modern, didn't you?"
Published in The Washington Post, October 25, 1966. Ink,
graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (37)
Digital ID # ppmsca-12001
"Are the campaign
speeches over?"
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, November 1, 1986.Ink, crayon,
porous point pen, overlays, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing
accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (33)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11997
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12418
Contract on America
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, October 7, 1994. Ink, crayon,
porous point pen, overlays, and opaque white over blue and red pencil underdrawing
accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (32)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11996
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12417
"Out, damned 'spots'"
Published in The Washington Post, October 6, 1970. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (36)
Digital ID # ppmsca-12000
"So Much For the
Preliminaries. Your First Real Match Will Be--"
Published in The Washington Post, November 8, 1974.Ink, graphite,
overlay, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (41)
Digital ID # ppmsca-12423
"One of these days"
Rough Sketch #1 - Rough
Sketch #2 - Rough Sketch
#3 - Rough Sketch #4
Published in The Washington Post, August 12, 1978. Ink, graphite,
porous point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied
by graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (35)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11999
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12419, ppmsca-12420, ppmsca-12421, and ppmsca-12422
"You mean some can
and don't do it?"
Published in The Washington Post, September 18, 1950. Ink,
graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (39)
Digital ID # ppmsca-12003
"He's taking an
awful beating, folks"
Published in The Washington Post, October 19, 1946.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (40)
Digital ID # ppmsca-12004
"This'll show everyone
how tough we are"
Rough Sketch #1 - Rough
Sketch #2
Published in The Washington Post, May 24, 1967. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing with graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (17)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11981
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12408 and ppmsca-12409
"Explain slowly--what
does he need all those weapons for, and why does he need nuclear
reactors?"
Rough Sketch #1 - Rough
Sketch #2
Published in The Washington Post, March 20, 1975. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite and blue pencil underdrawing accompanied by
graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (16)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11980
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12406 and ppmsca-12407
"'I think it's better
if the Iranians go to bed every night wondering what we might do' --Reagan"
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, May 29, 1987. Ink, crayon,
tonal film overlay, overlays, and porous point pen over blue pencil underdrawing
accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (18)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11982
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12410
"It came from out
of nowhere"
Published in The Washington Post, November 2, 1956. Ink,
graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (19)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11983
"This will make
him a fine, useful animal"
Published in The Washington Post, July 20, 1961. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Quote from Straight Herblock (New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1964).
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (21)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11985
To preserve secrecy we
overclassify lots more material . . . resulting in more spying .
. .
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, June 7, 1985. Ink, crayon,
porous point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied
by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (24)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11988
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12411
The Recording Angels
Published in The Washington Post, March 14, 1955. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Quote from Herblock's Here
and Now (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955).
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (22)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11986
Personal Profile
Rough Sketch
Published in The Washington Post, January 12, 1977. Ink,
crayon, porous point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied
by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (23)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11987
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12412
[Uncle Sam carrying an M-16
rifle]. Published in The Washington Post, January 28,
1968.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (28)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11992
". . . Out, out,
brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow . . ."
Rough Sketch #1 - Rough
Sketch #2
Published in The Washington Post, May 14, 1963. Ink, graphite,
and opaque white over graphite underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (27)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11991
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12413 and ppmsca-12414
The streams are running
again in Scandinavia, the little streams of Norway
[ca. 1940]. Published by NEA Service, Inc. Ink, ink wash, crayon, and opaque
white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (26)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11990
Bosnia
Rough Sketch #1 - Rough
Sketch #2
Published in The Washington Post, January 13, 1993. Ink,
crayon, porous point pen, overlay, and opaque white over blue and red pencil
underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (29)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11993
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12415 and ppmsca-12416
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