Blanche Lazzell Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Blanche Lazzell Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 24, 2026
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), "Sailboat"., White-line color woodcut, 12.25" x 14.25" sight. Framed 17" x 18".
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 "Sailboat". Signed and dated "Blanche Lazzell 1931" and titled in pencil lower margin. Artist's name, titled and dated "Morgantown, W. VA April 22, 1931" in pencil verso. Inscribed in pen in the artist's hand verso "299 from all blocks" over "3 from this block" and with "3/299" at the corners. Several additional pencil inscriptions, including handling and matting instructions, verso.
Eldred's
May. 16, 2026
BLANCHE LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), Double-sided sketch, 1945., Ink on paper, 5.75" x 4" sight. Framed 13" x 11.25".
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 Double-sided sketch, 1945. Provincetown houses and trees recto, and four panels of flowers and houses/trees verso. Signed and dated recto lower left.
Eldred's
Apr. 23, 2026
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Signed Woodcut Holiday Card.
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Signed Woodcut Holiday Card. Woodcut printed in black ink on paper with watercolor in yellow applied before printing with "JOY . B . LAZZELL" cut into the block vertically on the right side, with abstract geometric shapes and a star; signed "B. Lazzell" in pencil, lower left; tipped to card; 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 16, 2026
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956), Abstract Art Exhibit, Herring Gallery, circa 1920.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Abstract Art Exhibit, Herring Gallery. Woodcut, circa 1920.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 11, 2026
Blanche Lazzell Cape Cod Cottage 1932 Signed Linocut
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Lazzell, Blanche (American, 1878-1956), Cape Cod Cottage, 1932, linocut on cream paper, signed and titled in ink to the lower edge, 9 x 6.25 inches, matted and framed 12.5 x 9.75 inches. Likely an image of her beloved Provincetown, MA.
Concept Art Gallery
Mar. 29, 2026
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956) ORIGINAL CHARCOAL
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (1878 - 1956) American Original Charcoal on Paper. In frame measures 22 1/2"x17 1/2"x3/4". Weight 7 lbs. **In house shipping available on this lot** If you win this lot, please select self arranged for in house shipping when paying**Born near Maidsville, West Virginia, Blanche Lazzell enrolled at the West Virginia Conference Seminary (now West Virginia Wesleyan College) in 1894. After attending South Carolina Co-Educational Institute in Edgefield in 1899, she studied art at West Virginia University, receiving a degree in art history and the fine arts in 1905. She moved to New York in 1907 and enrolled at the Art Students League, where she studied with William Merritt Chase and alongside Georgia O'Keeffe. Lazzell traveled throughout Europe in 1912 and took classes in Paris at the Academie Julian and the Academie Moderne headed by Charles Guerin and Charles Rosen. By 1913, Lazzell had returned to West Virginia and opened a school. In 1915 she attended the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which had become a meeting place for artists returning from Europe to escape the chaos of World War I. In 1916 Lazzell and several other artists exhibited their work in color woodblock at the studio of E. Ambrose Webster. With the success of this show, the Provincetown Printers Group became the first color-woodblock society to be established. During a trip to Europe in 1923, Lazzell studied cubism with Fernand Leger and also received instruction from Andre Lhote and Albert Gleizes. She returned to America in 1924, and from 1937 to 1938 studied with the abstract artist Hans Hofmann.
Charleston Estate Services Auctions & Appraisals
Feb. 28, 2026
BLANCHE LAZZELL WATERCOLOR & CHARCOAL ON PAPER
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mixed media painting on paper depicting a still life with fruit attributed to Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (American, 1878-1956). Signed lower right. Viewable measures 15 3/4" x 12 1/2". Frame measures 27 1/4" x 23 3/4" x 1 1/2".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Dec. 12, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) American
Est: €10,000 - €20,000
Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (1878-1956) USA - France ; Still-life with vases and flowers ; 1930 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 40 x 50 cm (15 3/4 x 19 2/3 in.) ; frame size 48 x 58 cm (19 x 23 in.) ; signed and dated lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL €430 , National post with tracking service €285 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL €330 , National post with tracking service €215
Art-Torg
Dec. 12, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) American
Est: €10,000 - €20,000
Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (1878-1956) USA - France ; Cubism composition ; 1928 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 49 x 35 cm (19 1/3 x 13 3/4 in.) ; frame size 53 x 40 cm (21 x 15 3/4 in.) ; signed and dated lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL €430 , National post with tracking service €285 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL €330 , National post with tracking service €215
Art-Torg
Nov. 18, 2025
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956) Floral Still Life 18 1/4 x 24 in. (46.4 x 61 cm.) (Painted in 1928.)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956) Floral Still Life signed and dated 'Blanche Lazzell 1928' (lower right) oil on canvas 18 1/4 x 24 in. (46.4 x 61 cm.) Painted in 1928.
Bonhams
Oct. 30, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956), HOUSE IN CASSIS, 1927
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956), American HOUSE IN CASSIS, 1927 woodcut in colours on chine paper, with full margins signed, titled, and dated; also signed, titled, dated "Dec 5, 1927", numbered"207/3", and situated at "Provincetown, Mass" in pencil verso image 14 x 12.3 in — 35.6 x 31.3 cm; sheet 18 x 15.75 in — 45.7 x 40 cm Estimate: $15,000—20,000 CAD
Waddington's
Oct. 30, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Abstract Art Exhibit, Herring Gallery, circa 1920.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Abstract Art Exhibit, Herring Gallery. Woodcut, circa 1920.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 30, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Back Street, 1937.
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Back Street. Original carved wood block, inked in colors, 1937. Incised "Back Street by Blanche Lazzell 1937" along the block's upper edge. Clarkson 114.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 30, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) My Provincetown Studio, 1933.
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) My Provincetown Studio. Color woodcut on cream laid Japan paper, 1933. Edition of 7. Signed, titled and dated in ink, lower margin. Inscribed extensively in ink, verso. Clarkson 92.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 30, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Petunias, 1928.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Petunias. Color woodcut on Japan paper, 1928. Signed, dated and titled in pencil, lower margin. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "236/3" in pencil, verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 23, 2025
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), "Bridge Crossing", 1932., Charcoal and graphite on paper, 17.75" x 19.5" (not including the edge of paper that has been folded over on the right
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 "Bridge Crossing", 1932. Signed, titled and dated lower left "Bridge Crossing - Blanche Lazzell 1932".
Eldred's
Oct. 18, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Dockside, Provincetown, c. 1918, White-line printing block, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2", 13 x 13" framed
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Dockside, Provincetown, c. 1918, White-line printing block, 9 1/2 x 9 1/2", 13 x 13" framed
Bakker Auctions
Oct. 18, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Holy Night, 1925 (from 1918 block), White-line woodblock print, 5 1/2 x 4" image, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2' framed
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Holy Night, 1925 (from 1918 block), White-line woodblock print, 5 1/2 x 4" image, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2' framed
Bakker Auctions
Oct. 17, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) American
Est: €10,000 - €20,000
Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (1878-1956) USA - France ; Provincetown ; 1942 ; oil on masonite / framed ; dimensions 61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 in.) ; frame size 71 x 56 cm (28 x 22 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL €430 , National post with tracking service €285 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL €330 , National post with tracking service €215
Art-Torg
Oct. 17, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) American
Est: €10,000 - €20,000
Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (1878-1956) USA - France ; Cubistic composition ; 1927 ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 40 x 30 cm (15 3/4 x 12 in.) ; frame size 44.5 x 34.5 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.) ; signed and dated lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL €430 , National post with tracking service €285 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL €330 , National post with tracking service €215
Art-Torg
Oct. 04, 2025
Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell, American (1878 - 1956), abstract still life, 1937, watercolor on paper, 21 3/4"H x 17 3/4"W(sight), 33"H x 27"W(frame)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell American, (1878 - 1956) abstract still life, 1937 watercolor on paper signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Born near Maidsville, West Virginia, Blanche Lazzell enrolled at the West Virginia Conference Seminary (now West Virginia Wesleyan. College) in 1894. After attending South Carolina Co-Educational Institute in Edgefield in 1899, she studied art at West Virginia University, receiving a degree in art history and the fine arts in 1905. She moved to New York in 1907, and enrolled at the Art Students League, where she studied with William Merritt Chase and alongside Georgia O'Keeffe. Lazzell traveled throughout Europe in 1912 and took classes in Paris at the Academie Julian and the Academie Moderne headed by Charles Guerin and Charles Rosen. By 1913, Lazzell had returned to West Virginia and opened a school. In 1915 she attended the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which had become a meeting place for artists returning from Europe to escape the chaos of World War I. In 1916, Lazzell and several other artists exhibited their work in color woodblock at the studio of E. Ambrose Webster. With the success of this show, the Provincetown Printers Group became the first color-woodblock society to be established. During a trip to Europe in 1923, Lazzell studied cubism with Fernand Leger and also received instruction from Andre Lhote and Albert Gleizes. She returned to America in 1924, and from 1937 to 1938 studied with the abstract artist Hans Hofmann. Blanche Lazzell is known primarily for her involvement with the Provincetown art world where she first sojourned in the summer of 1915. She was a painter, printmaker, and rug maker. After a brief period when she was influenced by Impressionism, Lazzell developed a decorative, geometric and cubist style, perfectly suited to flowers and the houses, wharves and rooftops of Provincetown. Artists flocked to Provincetown during WWI, when the doors to Paris were closed, and Lazzell described the feel of the town in those times: "Creative Energy was the air we breathed. It was in this quaint setting that the Provincetown Print came into being." And it was in the creation of the Provincetown Print that Blanche Lazzell was to excel. She once explained: "Originality, Simplicity, Freedom of Expression, and above all Sincerity, with a clean cut block, are characteristics of a good wood block print." Source: Outer Cape Art Auctions, www.outercapeartauctions
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 27, 2025
BLANCHE LAZZELL WATERCOLOR & CHARCOAL ON PAPER
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mixed media painting on paper depicting a still life with fruit attributed to Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (American, 1878-1956). Signed lower right. Viewable measures 15 3/4" x 12 1/2". Frame measures 27 1/4" x 23 3/4" x 1 1/2".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Sep. 27, 2025
BLANCHE LAZZELL 'WEST VIRGINIA HILLS' LITHOGRAPH
Est: $600 - $800
Blanche Lazzell 'West Virginia Hills' offset lithograph. Signed and titled in the plate to lower margin. Viewable measures 16 3/4" x 16 1/4". Frame measures 24" x 24" x 1 1/2".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Sep. 18, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956), Lady Slippers, 1932.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) Lady Slippers. Watercolor on card, 1932. Signed and dated lower right. Signed, titled, dated, dedicated, and inscribed in pencil, verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 23, 2025
Blanche Lazzell, Cape Cod Cottage
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Blanche Lazzell Cape Cod Cottage 1932 woodcut image: 9 h x 6.375 w in (23 x 16 cm) sheet: 10.5 h x 8 w in (27 x 20 cm) Signed, titled and dated to lower edge 'Cape Cod Cottage Blanche Lazzell- 1932'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 21, 2025
BLANCHE LAZZELL WATERCOLOR & CHARCOAL ON PAPER
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Mixed media painting on paper depicting a still life with fruit attributed to Blanche (Nettie Blanche) Lazzell (American, 1878-1956). Signed lower right. Viewable measures 15 3/4" x 12 1/2". Frame measures 27 1/4" x 23 3/4" x 1 1/2".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Jun. 13, 2025
Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878-1956) Oil on Board, 1943, 'Composition II Rooftops' H 12.8" W 17.2"
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Signed lower left and dated 1943. Frame 20" x 25". Label: Picture Frames by Jennings, Boca Raton, Florida Dimensions: 1 PC x H 12.80" W 17.20"
DuMouchelles
Apr. 15, 2025
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878 - 1956) Tulips.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878 - 1956) Tulips. Color woodcut on Japan paper, 1920. 300x294 mm; 11¾x11½ inches, wide margins. Edition of approximately 11. Signed in pencil, lower left. Signed, titled, dated "Feb, 1921" and inscribed "96/9" in pencil, verso. Acton 18; Clarkson 32. According to Lazzell's record book, this color woodcut was created in Provincetown in 1920 and she recorded only 11 proofs from the block.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 15, 2025
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878 - 1956) Petunia Planes.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878 - 1956) Petunia Planes. Color woodcut on cream laid Japan paper, 1952. 305x357 mm; 12x14 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and dated in ink, lower margin. Titled in ink and numbered 539/2 in pencil, verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 06, 2025
Blanche Lazzell Signed Acrylic Still Life Painting
Est: $500 - $1,000
Blanche Lazzell, American, 1878-1956, Signed Modernist Still Life Acrylic Painting. Framed measures 22 inches x 42 inches, art measures 15 inches x 35 inches. There are surface scratches to painting and frame.
Greenwich Auction
Feb. 22, 2025
BLANCHE LAZZELL AMERICAN STILL LIFE WATERCOLOR PAINTING
Est: $100 - $150
Watercolor on paper painting by Blanche Lazzell, 1878 to 1956, an American artist, student of William Merritt Chase, and one of the founding members of the Provincetown Printers. The artwork depicts a vase with yellow coneflowers. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Undated. White mat, golden frame. Collectible Graphic Art, Still Life, Women Artists.
Antique Arena Inc
Jan. 30, 2025
Blanche Lazzell Signed Acrylic Still Life Painting
Est: $500 - $1,000
Blanche Lazzell, American, 1878-1956, Signed Modernist Still Life Acrylic Painting. Framed measures 22 inches x 42 inches, art measures 15 inches x 35 inches. There are surface scratches to painting and frame.
Greenwich Auction
Nov. 12, 2024
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878 - 1956, AMERICAN) Untitled,(Still Life).
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878 - 1956, AMERICAN) Untitled,(Still Life). Watercolor on paper, 1932. Signed, Blanche Lazzell, and dated, 32, lower left on mat. 171x127 mm; 6¾x5 inches. Provenance: Private collection, Boston; Acquired from the above by the current owner.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 24, 2024
BLANCHE LAZZELL, American 1878-1956, "Lumber Wharf", 1936, oil on masonite, 24 x 28 in. (61 x 71.1 cm.), Frame: 28 1/2 x 2 x 32 1/4 in. (72.4 x 5.1 x 81.9 cm.)
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL American, 1878-1956 "Lumber Wharf", 1936 oil on masonite signed and dated lower left "Blanche Lazzell.1936", inscribed on the reverse "WPA 1936 / Lumber Wharf 24 x 28 / Blanche Lazzell / Provincetown, Mass"
Shannon's
Oct. 23, 2024
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956). West Virginia Hills. Image: 12 x 12 in. (305 x
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956). West Virginia Hills. Image: 12 x 12 in. (305 x 305 mm.) Sheet: 18 x 15 7⁄8 in. (457 x 403 mm.).
Christie's
Oct. 23, 2024
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956). Red and White Petunia. Image: 12 x 14 in. (308
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL (1878-1956). Red and White Petunia. Image: 12 x 14 in. (308 x 358 mm.) Sheet: 15 7⁄8 x 18 in. (405 x 458 mm.).
Christie's
Jul. 26, 2024
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), Original carved woodblock "My Studio Wharf", 1931., 8.125" x 5" x 1".
Est: $6,500 - $8,500
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 Original carved woodblock "My Studio Wharf", 1931. Inked in black. Inscribed "Studio" in pencil along left edge. Clarkson Blocks 84.
Eldred's
Jul. 26, 2024
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), Still life., Watercolor and gouache on paper, 9" x 6.5". Framed 16" x 14".
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 Still life. Signed and dated in margin lower right "B. Lazzell 1924".
Eldred's
Jul. 26, 2024
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), "Star Phlox", 1930., Color white-line woodcut, 14" x 12". Framed 24.75" x 22.5".
Est: $35,000 - $45,000
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 "Star Phlox", 1930. Signed, titled and dated in pencil lower margin. Inscribed in pencil verso "Wood Block Print 'Star Phlox'. 280 no. from all blocks 1 no. from this block Blanche Lazzell. Provincetown, Mass September 20th, 1930". Fraction "280/1" written in pencil in all four corners of the sheet verso.
Eldred's
Jul. 26, 2024
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), Street Scene, Provincetown., Oil on canvas, 17" x 15". Framed 24" x 23".
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 Street Scene, Provincetown. Signed lower right "B. Lazzell". Inscribed verso in the artist's hand "painted in Provincetown, Mass. [...] Aug. 1915, by Blanche Lazzell". Housed in a Heydenryk frame.
Eldred's
Apr. 06, 2024
AMERICAN WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY BLANCHE LAZZELL
Est: $100 - $150
A watercolor and gouache painting on paper depicting a still life with flowers by Blanche Lazzell, American, 1878 to 1956. Signed lower right. Framed. Blanche Lazzell was an American painter, printmaker, and designer. Known especially for her white line woodcuts, she was an early modernist American artist, bringing elements of Cubism and abstraction into her art. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Feb. 10, 2024
Nettie Blanche Lazzell, Massachusetts/West Virginia (1878-1956), Daisies, 1932, color woodblock print, 12 1/4"H x 12 1/4"W (sight), 24 1/4"H x 22 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Nettie Blanche Lazzell Massachusetts/West Virginia, (1878-1956) Daisies, 1932 color woodblock print Pencil signed and dated lower left. This rare color white-line woodcut by Blanche Lazzell was done in 1932 in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is listed in the John Clarkson catalogue of her work in 1989 as number 91, in an edition of 4. Ex. collection of Dave and Reba Williams Biography from the Archives of askART: Born in Maidsville, West Virginia, Blanche Lazzell became a leading figure in color-woodblock printmaking in a geometric, Cubist influenced style. She is most associated with the art colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts where she belonged to the Provincetown Print Makers founded in 1915. Lazzell studied at West Virginia University and by 1905, had earned three university degrees, highly unusual for a woman of that time. In 1908, she entered the Art Students League in New York as a pupil of William Merritt Chase, and in 1912, she studied in Paris at the Academie Moderne with Charles Guerin, a modernist, anti-academic teacher. She returned to Paris in 1923 and 1924 and studied with Fernand Leger, Andre Lhote, and Albert Gleizes. From 1923 to 1930, she exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. By 1915, she had established her studio in the art colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and became a leading personality, especially known for her woodblocks. During the 1930s, she was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist, completing a set of prints depicting her family life at Morgantown, West Virginia. Source: Jules and Nancy Heller, North American Women Artists
Ripley Auctions
Nov. 15, 2023
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL (Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956), “The Mirror”., White-line color woodcut, 14" x 12" to the plate line. Sheet 18" x 16". Matted 23" x 20".
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
BLANCHE (NETTIE BLANCHE) LAZZELL Massachusetts/West Virginia, 1878-1956 "The Mirror". Signed, titled and dated in pencil lower margin. Inscribed "Woodblock Print Blanche Lazzell 196/5 Provincetown, Mass. November 17th 1927" in pencil verso. A superb impression of this scarce print, with fresh colors. We have found only one other impression at auction in the last 20 years.
Eldred's
Nov. 10, 2023
Blanche Lazzell, Provincetown Dunes
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Blanche Lazzell Provincetown Dunes 1942 oil on paper sight: 7.25 h x 10.5 w in (18 x 27 cm) Signed and dated to lower left 'Blanche Lazzell 1942'. Provenance: Heath Gallery, Inc., Atlanta | Linda Hyman Fine Arts, New York | Sotheby's, New York, Arcade, 31 March 1993, Lot 342 | Private Collection | Sotheby's, New York, Arcade, 24 September 1998, Lot 300 | Private Collection, New Jersey Exhibited: Blanche Lazzell: American Cubist Pioneer, Works from 1920 to 1950, 4 - 29 May 1982, Martin Diamond Fine Arts, New York | Nature in Early Modern American Art, 17 - 31 May 1986, Heath Gallery, Inc., Atlanta This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 10, 2023
Blanche Lazzell, Abstract Composition
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Blanche Lazzell Abstract Composition 1924 gouache on paper sight: 7.875 h x 7 w in (20 x 18 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'B. Lazzell 1924'. Sold with three preparatory sketches. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 02, 2023
BLANCHE LAZZELL Red and Blue Petunias.
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
BLANCHE LAZZELL Red and Blue Petunias. Color woodcut on Japan paper, 1955-56. 307x355 mm; 12 1/8x14 inches, full margins. Signed, titled and dated "1956" in pen and ink, lower margin, and signed, dated, titled and inscribed "No. 2" in pen and ink, verso. A very good impression of this scarce woodcut with strong colors. We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years. According to Lazzell's record book, this color woodcut was created in Provincetown and the number of proofs was not recorded. Lazzell (1878-1956) was an American Modernist printmaker and a member of the pioneering wood block print society (the first of its kind in America) known as the Provincetown Printers. This small group of printmakers came together in 1915 in the artistic community of Provincetown, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which had quickly become a destination for both avant-garde American artists and artists living in Europe who were fleeing the turmoil of World War I. The group remains most noteworthy for having innovated the white-line woodcut print, or the Provincetown Print. Inspired by 19th century Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcuts, these artists carved their designs onto a single block, rather than multiple blocks in the western printmaking tradition, and inked each section with a different color. The small grooves between each segment create the distinctive white lines of these woodcuts. Bror J. O. Nordfeldt, also a member of the Provincetown Printers, developed the technique, but Lazzell is considered the master of the white-line woodcut. Renowned for her devotion to the technique and for the sophistication of her work, as well as the influence of abstraction and Cubism in her work, she gained popularity not only in America but also in Europe, where she first exhibited in 1923 at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. Clarkson 138.
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 28, 2023
Nettie Blanche Lazzell, Massachusetts/West Virginia (1878-1956), Daisies, 1932, color woodblock print, 12 1/4"H x 12 1/4"W (sight), 24 1/4"H x 22 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Nettie Blanche Lazzell Massachusetts/West Virginia, (1878-1956) Daisies, 1932 color woodblock print pencil signed and dated lower left. This rare color white-line woodcut by Blanche Lazzell was done in 1932 in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is listed in the John Clarkson catalogue of her work in 1989 as number 91, in an edition of 4. Ex. collection of Dave and Reba Williams Biography from the Archives of askART: Born in Maidsville, West Virginia, Blanche Lazzell became a leading figure in color-woodblock printmaking in a geometric, Cubist influenced style. She is most associated with the art colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts where she belonged to the Provincetown Print Makers founded in 1915. Lazzell studied at West Virginia University and by 1905, had earned three university degrees, highly unusual for a woman of that time. In 1908, she entered the Art Students League in New York as a pupil of William Merritt Chase, and in 1912, she studied in Paris at the Academie Moderne with Charles Guerin, a modernist, anti-academic teacher. She returned to Paris in 1923 and 1924 and studied with Fernand Leger, Andre Lhote, and Albert Gleizes. From 1923 to 1930, she exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. By 1915, she had established her studio in the art colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and became a leading personality, especially known for her woodblocks. During the 1930s, she was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist, completing a set of prints depicting her family life at Morgantown, West Virginia. Source: Jules and Nancy Heller, North American Women Artists
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 21, 2023
BLANCHE LAZZELL Red Church on a Hill.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
BLANCHE LAZZELL Red Church on a Hill. Watercolor on cream wove paper, 1934. 408x305 mm; 16 1/8x12 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower left recto. Provenance: Private collection, New Orleans. In 1934, Lazzell (1878-1956) was one of two West Virginians who received Federal Art Project grants through the Works Progress Administration. That same year she created a mural for a court room in the Monongalia County Courthouse entitled, Justice. The mural took fourteen weeks to complete. The mural is currently displayed at the Art Museum of West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. One of the leading modernist woodcut printmakers of her time, Lazzell continued experimenting with woodcut printmaking and, in 1935, studied with the renowned German abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann in Provincetown.
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