Slack Wire, Albert Bloch

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Albert Bloch, Slack Wire
Albert Bloch, Slack Wire
Albert Bloch
Slack Wire
1911
Albert Bloch
1882–1961
Slack Wire, 1911
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: oil; canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 51 x 65 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 20 1/16 x 25 9/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1979.0069
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Albert Bloch: Prints and Drawings," Jan-2014, Stephen Goddard Bloch addresses tightrope walking or, in this case, a variant known as slack wire, in three works in this exhibition, including this painting. In slack wire, the performer’s own weight creates the tension in the wire or rope. For all their connections to performance and the circus, these balancing acts seem to have a deeper relevance, perhaps in terms of difficult and dangerous passage, whether spiritual or physical (or possibly both).