Toni LaSelle
Sketch book (Provincetown)

Sketch book (Provincetown)
Sketch book (Provincetown)
Sketch book (Provincetown)
ArtistAmerican, 1901–2002
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sketch book (Provincetown)
Datec. 1948
MediumInk and graphite on 12 sheets of wove paper in a spiral bound sketchbook
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 × 9 in. (29.8 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Foundation
Object number2021.600
Not on view

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ProvenanceEstate of the artist; Dorothy Antoinette LaSelle Foundation [Kerry Inman Gallery, Houston, TX]; given to MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition HistoryThis sketchbook has not been exhibited before.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Figure 1. Front of the Notebook
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, top right: “LAS 5,48,0045”
Recto: Inscribed in ink, lower right: “Toni Laselle”
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, center below printed word fav-o-rite: [illegible words] Gulls + Boats
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, center: 1948 [thinly written] and Inscribed in ink, 1948 [in larger ink]

Figure 2:
Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom left:
Toni La Salle. Aug 1948
Gulls over Fish Pier
Inscribed in graphite, Provincetown

Figure 3: Recto: Signed, dated, and inscribed in ink, bottom left:
[illegible] Toni LaSelle 1948 Provincetown, Massachusetts. The Bay

Figure 4: Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right:
Old Coast Guard Pier Provincetown LaSelle 1948

Figure 5: Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom left, underneath a sailboat:
Toni LaSelle

Recto: Dated in ink, bottom right:
1948

Figure 6: Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom left:
Toni LaSelle
Provincetown
1948
Inscribed in graphite: Gulls go for it!

Figure 7: Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom left:
Paddles – Wings, Waves, Provincetown 1948

Figure 8: Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom left:
Summer Bay, [illegible], Straight 1948 Toni LaSelle
Inscribed in graphite, An impression – fast drawing

Figure 9: Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right:
[illegible] Breeze Toni Laselle 1948

Figure 10: Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom left:
August 1948
Toni LaSelle, Provincetown
Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom right:
Anchorages

Figure 11: Recto: Signed, dated, and inscribed in ink, bottom left:
No. 9 Toni LaSelle, August, 1948
Flutter of wings and sails, Incoming Tide
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right:
[illegible]

Figure 12: Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, bottom right:
Toni LaSelle 1948
Verso: Inscribed in ink, bottom center: Blow at Low tide LaS. ‘48

Figure 13: Verso: Signed and dated in graphite, top right:
LaSelle ‘48

Figure 14: Recto: Signed and dated in ink, bottom right:
LaSelle ‘48

Figure 15: Verso: Signed and dated in ink, top right:
LaS. ‘48

Figure 16: Back cover


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