Artist	Juvonen, Helmi, 1903-1985
Title	Woman's mask with labret
Description	A black and white linocut print of a stylized woman's mask with a labret (lip piercing).
Biographical Notes	Helmi Juvonen was born in Butte, Montana on January 17, 1903. She worked in many media including printmaking, painting and paper-craft. She attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle where she met artist Mark Tobey with whom she was famously obsessed. Although she was diagnosed as a manic-depressive in 1930, she gained wide appreciation in the Northwest for her linocut prints depicting Northwest Indian people and tribal ceremonies. She worked with a number of artists on the Public Works of Art Project including Fay Chong and Morris Graves. Over the years, her mental health deteriorated and in 1960 she was declared a ward of the state and was committed to Oakhurst Convalescent Center. She was much beloved and had many friends and benefactors (including Wes Wehr) and was able to have exhibitions despite the confinement. She died in 1985.
Date	1958?
Decade	1950-1959
Subjects (LCSH)	Arts, American -- Northwest, Pacific -- 20th century. Juvonen, Helmi, 1903-1985 Women artists. Northwest School of artists. Indians of North America. Labrets. Indian masks. Indian women.
Medium/Technique	Linocut
Image Measurements	10 3/4 x 8 inches
Object Type	Prints
Notes from Object	On verso: "Gift of artist, June 17, 1958", Original
Identifier	art_J989Wo
Digital Format	image/jp2
Digitization Specifications	70,947,628 bytes (working master file). Image capture by IO Color using a 25 mp camera (Sony A900 DSLR). Resized using Adobe Photoshop CS to 4000 pixels along the long dimension.
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Collection	The Seattle Public Library Northwest Art Collection
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Item Type	Artworks