The Violet Jug

1919

Blanche Lazzell American, 1878-1956

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About the Artwork

Blanche Lazzell was a central figure among a group of American artists who left Europe at the outbreak of World War I and settled in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Called the “Provincetown Printmakers,” they became known for color woodcuts like The Violet Jug, printed from a single block. This technique saved time, labor, and materials as compared to traditional color woodblock printing. According to traditional practices, individual colors were printed from separate blocks and printers strove for an identical image from impression to impression. The Provincetown Printmakers often approached each print as a unique object and frequently made significant color changes from print to print. Lazzell’s inspiration for her many floral still lifes came from the flowers she grew around her cottage on the Provincetown wharf.

Title The Violet Jug

Artwork Date 1919

Artist Blanche Lazzell

Life Dates 1878-1956

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Woodcut printed in color ink on laid japan paper

Dimensions Block: 12 × 11 5/8 inches (30.5 × 29.5 cm) Sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 5/8 inches (46 × 39.7 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 20.77

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Signed Signed, in pencil, lower left: Blanche Lazzell-

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, verso: The Violet Jug | Blanche Lazzell, Provincetown, Mass.

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the artist, Blanche Lazzell [1878-1956]

1920-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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