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White Peacock

Many aspects of Helen Hyde's career parallel that of Bertha Lum. Both artists lived in Japan (although it seems that they were not acquainted), studied with local masters, created woodcuts in a Japanese manner, and achieved commercial success. Ironically, despite Hyde's relatively unconventional life as an unmarried professional woman, she favored what were considered typically "feminine" subjects of mothers and children in her art.

Artist: Helen Hyde, American, 1868-1919
Medium: Color woodcut on cream, thin, slightly textured laid paper
Dates: 1914
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 10 in. (21 x 25.4 cm)
Signature: Signed in pencil, lower right: "Helen Hyde"; printed upper right, "HH [monogram] / [artist's seal of 4-leaf clover]" and lower left, "Copyright 1914. by Helen Hyde."
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 83.244.3
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Pessutti
Image: Overall, 83.244.3_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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