Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Property from a Private American Collection
Helen Hyde (1868-1919) | Ten woodblock prints and six watercolours | Meiji period, late 19th - early 20th century
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December 19, 03:13 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Property from a Private American Collection
Helen Hyde (1868-1919)
Ten woodblock prints and six watercolours
Meiji period, late 19th - early 20th century
ten woodblock prints, signed in pencil Helen Hyde, and comprising:
- Moon Bridge at Kameido, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright 1910 by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower left 77
- The Unwilling Dancers, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright 1912 by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower left 91
- Sunday Morning, inscribed Copyright 1912 by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower left 91
- Moonlight on the Viga Canal, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright 1912 by Helen Hyde
- Little Pink Plum, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright, 1913, by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil 41
- The Sacred Calf in the Bazaar at Agra, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright, 1910, by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower right 6
- The Greeting, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright 1910 by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower left 169
- Miss Apricot-Cloud, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright, 1908, by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower left 132
- The Blue Umbrella, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright, 1914, by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower left 33
- The Roundelay, with artist's HH monogram and four-leaf clover seal, inscribed Copyright, 1906, by Helen Hyde, numbered in pencil to the lower left 43
33.5 x 22.8 cm., 13⅜ x 9 in. (the first)
10.5 x 14 cm., 4⅜ x 5⅞ in. (the second)
26.5 x 42.5cm., 10⅝ x 16⅝ in. (the third)
30.2 x 35.3 cm., 11⅞ x 13⅞ in. (the fourth)
20 x 13.4 cm., 7⅞ x 5¼ in. (the fifth)
22.9 x 25.1 cm., 9 x 9⅞ in. (the sixth)
16.5 x 16.9 cm., 6½ x 6⅝ in. (the seventh)
18.8 x 13 cm., 7⅜ x 5⅛ in. (the eighth)
15.6 x 10.2 cm., 6⅛ x 4 in. (the ninth)
10.2 x 20.3 cm., 4 x 8 in. (the tenth)
six watercolours on paper, signed Helen Hyde, and comprising:
- Child among peach trees, inscribed Chicora Wood dated April 15th 1916
- Southern house, inscribed Charleston and dated April 1916
- Long's peak, dated June 23rd 1912
- Ellis Cone, dated August 15th 1911
- Country lady
- Japanese farmhouse
48.6 x 36 cm., 19⅛ x 14⅛ in. (including mount; the eleventh)
49 x 36 cm., 19¼ x 14⅛ in. (the twelfth)
38.3 x 27.7 cm., 15⅛ x 10⅞ in. (the thirteenth)
35.6 x 25.5 cm., 14 x 10 in. (the fourteenth)
60 x 48.5 cm., 23⅝ x 19 in. (including mount; the fifteenth)
51 x 40.7 cm., 20 x 16 in. (including mount; the sixteenth)
All ten of the above woodblock prints are illustrated in Tim and Lynn Mason, Helen Hyde (Washington, 1991), pgs. 67, 59, 58, 57, 60, 52, 92, 93, 65.
For another example of Moon Bridge at Kameido in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 2004.95.2, go to:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/90885/moon-bridge-at-kameido-helen-hyde
For further examples of The Unwilling Dancers and The Blue Umbrella in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, accession numbers 1964.141.180, L262.1966, go to:
For a further examples of Sunday Morning, Moonlight on the Viga Canal, Little Pink Plum, The Greeting, Miss Apricot-Cloud in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, reference numbers 1919.2393, 1919.2396, 1919.2405, 1919.2390, 1919.2382, go to: