O-Yuki, the frost fairy / Bertha Lum – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with O-Yuki, the frost fairy / Bertha Lum, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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O-Yuki, the frost fairy / Bertha Lum
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Bertha Lum's color woodcut "O-Yuki, the Frost Fairy" stands out for its Japanese-inspired subject, drawn from the folklore of Yuki-onna, the snow woman of Japanese tales. Lum (1869–1954) was an American printmaker who worked in the Japanese woodblock technique, carving and inking multiple blocks by hand to build up soft gradations of color. Around 1916 she produced many prints of this kind, and they reflected a wider American fascination with East Asian art that shaped popular taste in the early twentieth century. The record notes that its details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, so the date should be read as approximate.
| Created / published | c1916. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color. |
| Notes | Color woodcut by Bertha Lum, copyrighted by Bertha Lum. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 921 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173713 |
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