About This Artwork

Lau
German

Balloon Ascension, 19th century

Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (50.8 x 30.4 cm)
Inscribed lower right: Lau or initials in ligature
Estate of Leigh Block, RofO35472/1

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Ownership History

Leigh B. Block (1905-1987), Lake Forest, Ill. and Santa Barbara, Calif. by 1987; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.