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Red Scow. The,

  • ARTIST: Blanche Lazzell

  • MEDIUM: White-line color woodcut,

    DATE: 1931

  • EDITION SIZE: Printing size unknown. Image size 12 1/8 x 13 15/16" (307 x 354 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Inscribed on verso "Wood Block Print : by Blanche Lazzell : Provincetown, Mass. : Nov. 26, 1931 - date taken from block : 'The Red Scow' 312 no. from all blocks : 2 from this block. : Block cut in Nov. 1931."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed, dated, and titled in ink. Inscribed "312/2." Lazzell used an unusual numbering method. "312" was the number of all color prints that she had ever printed and "2" was the number of impressions to date from this block.

  • CONDITION: Good condition with brilliant color. There is a very minor old mat line in the margins, old glue in the top margin, and remains of brown paper tape on verso. Overall, a brilliant example of one of Lazzell's finest images.

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