"West Virginia Hills" by Blanche Lazzell, Amer., (1878-1956) Charcoal at least in the U

at least in the U

signed twice

Tiny thin spot lower image

on cream wove paper watermarked Normany Vellum

"West Virginia Hills" by Blanche Lazzell, Amer., (1878-1956) Charcoal at least in the UCharcoal Drawing, ca. 1919, Block #20, 10 1 4 x 8 3 8, the original preliminary study drawing for one of Lazzell's most important early white line color woodcuts, on grayish cream wove paper, The entire sheet measures 12 x 9, a slight lightening within old mat opening, tack holes to corners, unsigned, but titled by the artist in pencil at lower left. This vital drawing exudes an expressionist vigor in execution; sketched directly from nature among the