Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy

Bertha Lum

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

American Art

Title

Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy

Date

1916

Medium

Color woodcut on cream, thin, laid Japan paper

Classification

Print

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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