Early Dawn
Artist
Blanche Lazzell
(American, 1878-1956)
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Inscribedverso: "EARLY DAWN" / BLANCHE LAZZELL / PROVINCETOWN, / MASS.
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.4286
Not on view
DescriptionForeground shows a red boat with a purple sail in a harbor. A figure of a person is in the boat. Background has other boats and a gray building on right. Verso inscription says the view is in Provincetown, Massachusetts.Label TextBlanche Lazzell American, 1878–1956 Early Dawn, 1940 Watercolor on paper A native of West Virginia, Blanche Lazzell studied in New York and Paris and was one of the earliest American proponents of Cubism. Later in her career she spent summers working in Cape Cod, and Provincetown, Massachusetts, where this work was almost certainly created. Museum collection 0.4286 Exhibition History"Watercolor: An American Medium," Photography Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, February 21 - June 23, 2019.
