HELMI JUVONEN : SYMBOL, MYTH, FANTASY
ID#:
2009.0050.000014
Description:
Untitled, 1955—1959
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Gift of Ron Kellen, 2009.50.14

Helmi rarely abandoned representatational subject matter in her drawings. This work is an exception. Many influences informed her abstract impulses, including aboriginal Northwest Coast culture and the works of Pablo Picasso and Mark Tobey. Tobey's calligraphic style, called "white—writing," was nationally celebrated during this time.
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