Helen Hyde Woodblock "Driving Out the Devils", 1904

Item Details

Helen Hyde (American, 1868 – 1919)
Driving Out the Devils (Casting Out Bad Luck), 1904
Woodblock on paper
Signed to the lower right
Initials and seal in block to the lower left corner

Helen Hyde was born in Lima, New York but spent her formative years in the San Francisco Bay area. She studied at the San Francisco School of Design and the Art Students League of New York, and then traveled through Europe studying under Franz Skarbina in Berlin and Raphaël Collin and Félix Régamey in Paris. During her travels, Hyde encountered both work by Japanese artists and by European artists influenced by the influx of Japanese art, notably Mary Cassatt. Hyde incorporated this Japanese aesthetic into her own work particularly both in composition and style but also in subject matter often depicting domestic scenes of women and children. After returning home to San Francisco for a few years, Hyde traveled to Japan where she would live for the majority of the remainder of her life. Here she studied Japanese brushwork and woodblock printmaking techniques working with both Kano Tomonobu and Emil Orlik. One of the most successful early 20th century American printmakers, Hyde exhibited her work around the world and today her work can be found in both international private and public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Condition

- toning and foxing throughout the paper; discoloration and toning to the mat; repair to the upper right joint of frame; abrasions and finish loss to the frame; chipping to the corners of the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 3.0" W x 5.5" H.

Item #

ITMG456363