ID#:
2009.0091.000001
Description:
Petroglyph, 1967 — 68
Watercolor on paper
22 x 15 inches
Gift of Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche
Througout her career, Helmi was fascinated by petroglyphs, which informed her personal style of abstraction. In 1945, the artist probably visited Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, and saw the mysterious faces carved into rocks along the beach.
Toward the end of her life, Helmi's drawing style became freer as she defined the iconography of Native art more abstractly in drawings like Petroglyph (1967—68). According to the artist Wes Wehr, a friend of Juvonen, she was invited to attend Native American rituals, which she often sketched, and was affectionately called "Northern Light," a reference to her Scandinavian heritage.
Watercolor on paper
22 x 15 inches
Gift of Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche
Througout her career, Helmi was fascinated by petroglyphs, which informed her personal style of abstraction. In 1945, the artist probably visited Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island, and saw the mysterious faces carved into rocks along the beach.
Toward the end of her life, Helmi's drawing style became freer as she defined the iconography of Native art more abstractly in drawings like Petroglyph (1967—68). According to the artist Wes Wehr, a friend of Juvonen, she was invited to attend Native American rituals, which she often sketched, and was affectionately called "Northern Light," a reference to her Scandinavian heritage.
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