Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Bertha Lum often found subject matter in the highly popular stories of Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904), an American writer living in Japan who adapted local legends and fairy tales for Western audiences. This woodcut illustrates the tragic story of Yuki-Anna, a wintry spirit who takes on human form in order to marry a young man she loves. When he betrays her secret identity, she transforms into snow and melts away forever.
Caption
Bertha Lum American, 1879–1954. Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy, 1916. Color woodcut on cream, thin, laid Japan paper, Sheet: 17 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (44.8 x 26.7 cm) Image: 17 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (43.5 x 25.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 63.108.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 63.108.1_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy
Date
1916
Medium
Color woodcut on cream, thin, laid Japan paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (44.8 x 26.7 cm) Image: 17 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (43.5 x 25.7 cm)
Signatures
Signed in graphite, bottom edge of sheet, inside of plate "[illegible] lit 1916 by Bertha Lum"
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite, inside of plate, lower right of sheet "no/21."
Markings
From Catalog Sheet: Signed, "Copyright 1916 by" in margin, "Bertha Lum" in lower center of composition, "No / 21"
Credit Line
Gift of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Accession Number
63.108.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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