Abstract Composition

Blanche Lazzell

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Blanche Lazzell American, 1879–1956. Abstract Composition, 1924. Opaque watercolor and graphite on cream, thin, smooth wove paper mounted to board., 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (27.3 x 21 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Abram Kanof and Theodore Keel, by exchange, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, and Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 2006.43.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2006.43.1_PS2.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Abstract Composition

Date

1924

Medium

Opaque watercolor and graphite on cream, thin, smooth wove paper mounted to board.

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (27.3 x 21 cm)

Signatures

Signed and dated lower right, in graphite: "Blanche Lazzell, 1924"

Inscriptions

Inscribed on verso by Albert Gleizes (with whom Lazzell was studying), in graphite: "Je voudrais dans cette composition moins d'éparpillement / Les [mesures?] sont trop uniformes -- L'action doit être / ecrite plus fortement." ["I would like less scattering in this composition / The [central sections?] are too uniform -- The action must be inscribed more forcefully."]; also, inscribed in different hand, "July 8"

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Abram Kanof and Theodore Keel, by exchange, Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, and Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Accession Number

2006.43.1

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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