HYDE, Helen. (1868 – 1919)

Cherry Blossom Rain. 1905.
Signed lower-right in pencil, “Helen Hyde” and initialed “HH” lower-right in printed form.
Colour woodcut. Cat. No. 60.
17 x 9.875 in. (43.1 x 25.0 cm)
Framed size: 24.5 x 17.25 in. (62.3 x 43.8 cm.)

I see before me what is infinitely more interesting – a grove of cherry trees covered with something unutterably beautiful – a dazzling mist of snowy blossoms clinging like summer cloud-fleece about every branch and twig.
Lafcadio Hearn, "Japan: An Interpretation" 

See: “Helen Hyde” by Tim Mason and Lynn Mason.  American Print-Makers -  A Smithsonian Series.  Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 1991, p. 44.

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