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Blanche Lazzell , (Oct 10, 1878–1956)

Untitled

c. 1924
10 9/16 in. x 8 3/8 in. (26.83 cm x 21.27 cm)

Medium and Support: Graphite on paper

Credit Line: Gift of Martin and Harriette Diamond

Accession Number: 1995.59

Commentary

Introduced to European modernism during trips to Paris in 1912 and 1914, Blanche Lazzell returned there in the early 1920s for intensive studies with cubists Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger, and André Lhote. Often working in graphite, Lazzell created series of drawings in which she deployed flat, overlapping, and patterned forms in an exploration of spatial depth. Her use of monochrome and decoration—the silver-gray of her pencil—heightens the interplay and alternation of the shifting planes.

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Form and Structure: Twentieth Century Work from the Addison Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 12/28/1998 - 4/25/1999
On Paper: Masterworks from the Addison Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 2/1/2003 - 4/6/2003
4 x 4 Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/1/2018 - 7/31/2019
Currents/Crosscurrents: American Art, 1850–1950 Addison Gallery of American Art , 10/16/2020 - 3/7/2021
Women and Abstraction: 1741- Now Addison Gallery of American Art , 1/28/2023 - 7/31/2023

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