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“Moonlight on the Viga Canal”
    
 
Inventory #:
 4770
4770
  
Artist:
 Hyde, Helen  
Dates/Bio:
 American 1868-1919  
Medium:
 Woodblock  
Date:
 1912  
Size (H/W):
 Image area - 12" x 13 7/8" (30.5 x 35.2 cm); Sheet size - 15 1/2” x 17 1/2” (39.4 x 44.5 cm)  
Description:
 Mason Catalogue #97, printed on very thin translucent paper by Shohiro Murata. Marked as print #150 or #180 in pencil near the pencil signature - very difficult to read. Signed “Helen Hyde” in pencil on the bottom left of the image, just right of the tree shadow - very difficult to see. Printed “HH” and “Copyright 1912 by Helen Hyde” along the upper left edge of the image, both on the block.
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Other Notes:
 This image is from her convalescent year in Mexico in 1911, while she was staying in Mexico City. The print was made in 1912 after she returned to Tokyo. She did two prints of the Viga Canal, this one and one in daylight “Going to Market”. She later wrote in The International Studio, “Then to the Viga Canal down which to the city in the early morning comes a gay precession of flower, fruit and vegetable-laden boats being poled along with white-clothed, big-hatted boatmen between the two rows of tall, thin French-looking trees that line the banks. Between these tall trees move more of the witchyfolk, heavy laden, or stepping out along the path that follows the canal. And by moonlight, when shadows darken and all is more unreal than before, one can realize the pictorial charm of the Viga Canal.” The use of silhouettes is particularly interesting.    
Condition:
 Very good condition. Minor ink stains and discolorations in the margin areas, slight printing creases in the margins. Two thin mounting tabs on the rear top margin. Pencil notation the the bottom edge rear. Not matted.    
Price:
 $475 - free shipping in USA Status: SOLD  
 
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