Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy
Bertha Lum
American Art
Bertha Lum often found subject matter in the highly popular stories of Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904), an American writer living in Japan who adapted local legends and fairy tales for Western audiences. This woodcut illustrates the tragic story of Yuki-Anna, a wintry spirit who takes on human form in order to marry a young man she loves. When he betrays her secret identity, she transforms into snow and melts away forever.
MEDIUM
Color woodcut on cream, thin, laid Japan paper
DATES
1916
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 17 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (44.8 x 26.7 cm)
Image: 17 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (43.5 x 25.7 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
From Catalog Sheet: Signed, "Copyright 1916 by" in margin, "Bertha Lum" in lower center of composition, "No / 21"
SIGNATURE
Signed in graphite, bottom edge of sheet, inside of plate "[illegible] lit 1916 by Bertha Lum"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in graphite, inside of plate, lower right of sheet "no/21."
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
63.108.1
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Bertha Lum (American, 1879–1954). Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy, 1916. Color woodcut on cream, thin, laid Japan paper, Sheet: 17 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (44.8 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 63.108.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 63.108.1_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 63.108.1_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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