Way Back

Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878–1956)

1929, printed 1930

Medium/TechniqueColor woodcut (white-line)

DimensionsBlock: 29.8 × 34.9 cm (11 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)
Sheet (sight): 35.6 × 40.6 cm (14 × 16 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 number2022.1521

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Inscriptionsrecto: "Way Back" verso: "286--number of prints from all blocks / 3--number of prints from this block / Wood Block Print / 'Way Back' 286-3 / Blanche Lazzell / Provincetown / Mass. / Oct. 28 / 1930 / 286/3"

ProvenanceAugust 1945, sold by Provincetown Art Shop, Provincetown, MA. 1993, purchased at auction by Leslie and Johanna Garfield, New York; 2022, sold by Leslie Garfield, New York to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2022)