Lot Essay
According to Clarkson's transcription of Lazzell's personal records, there were 5 impressions of this image.
Violet Petunias
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BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956)
Violet Petunias
woodcut in colors, 1931, on laid Japan, the colors fresh, signed and dated '1932' in ink in the image, signed, titled, inscribed 'cut 1931' and dated '1932' in ink in the bottom margin, signed, titled and inscribed 'Wood Block Print/331 number from all blocks/3 number from this block/Provincetown Mass Feb 26/1932' in ink on the reverse, with full margins, minor surface soiling and some pale scattered foxing showing in the margins, the margins edges folded back approximately 1/2-inch all the way around, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 11 5/8 x 14in. (295 x 355mm.)
Violet Petunias
woodcut in colors, 1931, on laid Japan, the colors fresh, signed and dated '1932' in ink in the image, signed, titled, inscribed 'cut 1931' and dated '1932' in ink in the bottom margin, signed, titled and inscribed 'Wood Block Print/331 number from all blocks/3 number from this block/Provincetown Mass Feb 26/1932' in ink on the reverse, with full margins, minor surface soiling and some pale scattered foxing showing in the margins, the margins edges folded back approximately 1/2-inch all the way around, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 11 5/8 x 14in. (295 x 355mm.)