The Blue Jug

Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878–1956)

1927

Medium/TechniqueColor woodcut (white-line)

DimensionsBlock: 34.3 × 30.2 cm (13 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 45.7 × 41.9 cm (18 × 16 1/2 in.)

Credit LineThe Leslie and Johanna Garfield Collection—Partial gift of Leslie and Johanna Garfield and Museum purchase with funds from the Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund and John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund

Accession number2022.1514

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Inscriptionsrecto: twice, once in composition, "The Blue Jug" and twice, once in composition, "Blanche Lazzell--1927" verso: "No. 2 / Wood Block Print / "The Blue Jug" / [205/4 crossed out] 191/2 / Blanche Lazzell / Provincetown Mass / Nov 29. 1927 / 191/2"

Provenance1942, sold by the artist to Annette Fogelmann. 1999, sold by James R. Bakker, Provincetown, MA to Leslie and Johanna Garfield, New York; 2022, sold by Leslie Garfield, New York to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2022)