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Lillian Burk Meeser — Provincetown Street with Figure, circa 1925-1930, White-line woodblock print, block 5.5" x 4.75". Framed 8.75" x 7.5"
Lillian Burk Meeser

Provincetown Street with Figure, circa 1925-1930, White-line woodblock print, block 5.5" x 4.75". Framed 8.75" x 7.5"

This white-line woodblock print depicts a quiet village street lined with colorful residential buildings in warm yellows, reds, and ochres. A solitary figure in red walks down the sandy yellow path, while a large tree with green foliage dominates the right side of the composition. The work exemplifies the American regionalist tradition of early twentieth-century printmaking, capturing the leisurely character of a Cape Cod coastal community with simplified forms and a restrained yet vibrant palette. The artist employs the distinctive white-line technique to delineate color areas without heavy black outlines, creating an intimate, almost naive quality that reflects the period's interest in folk art and local subject matter.

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $1,000$1,500

Lot 50

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Lillian Burk Meeser, Provincetown Street with Figure, circa 1925-1930, White-line woodblock print, block 5.5" x 4.75". Framed 8.75" x 7.5"

This white-line woodblock print depicts a quiet village street lined with colorful residential buildings in warm yellows, reds, and ochres. A solitary figure in red walks down the sandy yellow path, while a large tree with green foliage dominates the right side of the composition. The work exemplifies the American regionalist tradition of early twentieth-century printmaking, capturing the leisurely character of a Cape Cod coastal community with simplified forms and a restrained yet vibrant palette. The artist employs the distinctive white-line technique to delineate color areas without heavy black outlines, creating an intimate, almost naive quality that reflects the period's interest in folk art and local subject matter.

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Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

White-Line Woodblock, Warm Palette, Cape Cod, Naive Style, Architectural, Village Scene, Color Print, Printmaking, Street Scene, Rural America, Landscape, Early Modernism, American Regionalism, Domestic Architecture, Small Format, 20th Century Print, Folk Art Influence, Provincetown, Coastal Community, Figurative

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