HELEN HYDE (1868–1919) TWO PAINTINGS MOUNTED AS HANGING SCROLLS, MEIJI PERIOD (20TH CENTURY)

HELEN HYDE (1868–1919)

TWO PAINTINGS MOUNTED AS HANGING SCROLLS

MEIJI PERIOD (20^TH CENTURY)

A Monarch of Japan, 1901, ink on paper, signed HH and red square seal

This painting is a large study for the woodblock A Monarch of Japan, 1901 and awarded first place at the Tokyo Exhibition of Native Art, 1901. For the seal, see Tim Mason and Lynn Mason, Helen Hyde, American Printmakers, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, 1991)

Two Children in Rainstorm

Ink on paper, signed HH with red seal

This is possibly a study for Imps of Chinatown, 1898. See Tim Mason and Lynn Mason, Helen Hyde, American Printmakers, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, 1991), page 33

The first: 53 ½ x 24 1/2 in.

The second: 52½ x 24 in.

53½in by 24½in