The Daruma Branch
by Helen Hyde
- Date:
- 1910
- Medium:
- Color woodcut on paper
- Source:
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
by Helen Hyde
"The Daruma Branch" is a [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) print by Helen Hyde. Executed in color woodcut on paper, this work demonstrates the artist's distinctive vision and command of the printing medium.
Helen Hyde brings a personal artistic voice to the shin-hanga tradition, combining technical mastery with contemporary sensibility. The composition reflects an engagement with both the material possibilities of printmaking and the conceptual concerns of modern art.
The woodblock technique brings a distinctive quality to this work, where the grain of the wood and the layering of pigments create effects that cannot be achieved in any other medium.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
The Daruma Branch was created by Helen Hyde in 1910.
The Daruma Branch depicts religious and trees.
