HELMI DAGMAR JUVONEN
(American, 1903-1985)

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HELMI DAGMAR JUVONEN
-Her Life & Work: A Chronicle
by Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche

Energetic and enigmatic, Seattle artist Helmi Juvonen (1903-1985) has been affectionately described as the "live wire" of the Northwest School.  Her intense interest and respect for the cultural and spiritual aspects of Native American life made her a welcome guest at a number of sacred ceremonies, where she did sketches of what she saw and experienced.  Actively engaged with the burgeoning Seattle art community, Helmi made and fostered friendships with a number of prominent artists and collectors including Seattle Art Museum founder Dr. Richard Fuller and painter Mark Tobey, with whom she developed a near-legendary infatuation that became a frequent subject for her art.  Amply talented and industrious, Helmi's legacy includes an eclectic body of paintings, linoleum block prints, ceramics, cut paper collages, drawings, and correspondence. During August and September, the Antique Print Department at Davidson Galleries is proud to present an exhibition of works by this local legend.  

Untitled  
Tempera on paper, c. 1975-76
Signed lower right
19-1/8 x 29-1/4 inches

28753c
$7,500. 

Untitled
Tempera on board, 1955
Signed lower right
25-3/4 x 35-3/4 inches

28737c
Private Collection

Yakima Indian
(Probably a portrait of Jobe Charley)
Watercolor on paper, c. 1953
Signed top left
21-1/2 x 14 inches

28796c
$7,200. 

Housefront Pole, Tallio, Bella Coola
Crayons and drybrush on paper, 1947
Signed at bottom edge
20 x 14 inches

28797c
$7,200. 

Petroglyph 
Watercolor on paper, c. 1967-68
Signed lower left
9-1/2 inch diameter

28736c
$3,600. 

Bird
Watercolor, n.d.
Signed on verso
10-5/8 x 14-5/8 inches

19789c
$1100.

Bird
Watercolor, c. 1958
Signed
10-3/4 x 14-3/4 inches

19759c
SOLD

Birds
Watercolor, n.d.
Signed verso (visible through sheet, lower right)
10-3/4 x 14-1/2 inches

19769c
$1300.

Bird
Watercolor, n.d.
Signed 
8-1/2 x 11 inches

19768c
$1000.

Untitled  
Ceramic plate with petroglyph designs,
c. 1951-52
Signed on backside
9-1/2 inch diameter

28750c
$2,500.

Bird
Watercolor, n.d.
Signed 
11 x 8-3/8 inches

19758c
$1000.

Muscovy Duck
Watercolor on paper, n.d.
Signed lower right
7 x 4-1/4 inches

28752c
$850.

Wolf
from Public Market Series booklet
Linocut, c. 1959
Signed and titled in pencil
6 x 3-3/4 inches

19747c
SOLD

Figure
from Public Market Series booklet
Linocut, c. 1959
Signed and titled in pencil
6 x 3-3/4 inches

19746c
$225.

Tlingit Frog
Linocut, c. 1953
Signed and titled in pencil
Exhibited at the Frye Art Museum, 1976
14-1/4 x 7 inches

19783c
$1100. 

Eagle
Linocut, n.d.
Signed and titled in pencil
Only known impression
6 x 9 inches

19779c
SOLD

Wolf
Linocut, 1952
Signed and titled in pencil
8 x 11 inches

19750c
$750. 

Tlingit Eagle from Prow of Canoe
Linocut, c. 1953
Signed and titled in pencil
Exhibited at the Frye Art Museum, 1976
6-1/2 19-5/8 inches

19784c
$1100.

Killer Whale
Linocut with added color, 1953
Signed and titled in pencil
Only known impression
2-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches

19751c
$875. 

Carved Headdress Representing a Bear’s Head
Linocut, 1947
Signed in pencil, lower left
Only known impression
8 x 10-1/8 inches

19785c
$850.

House Front
Linocut, n.d.
Signed and titled in pencil
8 x 11 inches

19755c
SOLD

Untitled (Tlingit Figures)
Linocut, c. 1953
Signed in pencil
Exhibited at the Frye Art Museum, 1976
14-1/4 x 11-1/2 inches

19776c
$1250. 

Images from “Public Market Series”
Six  linocuts on hand decorated paper, 1956-1958
Each print individually signed and titled
17-3/4 x 12 inches

19765c
SOLD

Yakima Indian Design
Linocut collage, 1952-1953
Signed on backing, lower right
16-5/8 x 12 inches

19775c
$575. 

A Truth
Linocut, c. 1957-58
Signed and titled in pencil
11-1/2 x 14-1/4 inches

19770c
$650.

Thunder-bird 
Linocut, 1952
Signed and titled in pencil
Exhibited at the Frye Art Museum, 1976
11 x 13-3/4 inches

19772c
SOLD

Yakima Parade
Linocut, 1952-53
Signed and titled in pencil
Only known impression
8-3/4 x 12 inches

19792c
$950. 

Indian Canoe
Linocut, 1952
Signed and titled in pencil
11 x 13-3/4 inches

19767c
SOLD

Musu-Musu (Head Hunting Spirit)
Linocut, 1948
Signed and titled in pencil
13 x 9-3/4 inches

19790c
$750. 

Pablo Picasso
Linocut on colored paper, c. 1953
Signed and titled in pencil
Exhibited at the Frye Art Museum, 1976
Other known impression: Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA
14 x 10 inches

19771c
$1250. 

Picasso
Linocut, c. 1953
Signed in pencil
Other known impression: Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA
14 x 10 inches

19777c
$1200. 

Mask
Linocut, c. 1953
Signed and titled in pencil
10-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches

4299
SOLD

Untitled (Young Woman Kneeling)
Linocut, n.d.
Signed in pencil
10-1/8 x 6-1/2 inches

28739c
SOLD

Indian Mask (Northern Nootkan)
Linocut, 1952
Signed and titled in pencil 
One of two known impressions
11 x 7 inches

19791c
$850. 

Chief Seattle
Linocut, c. 1953
Signed and titled in pencil. Glue residue at outer edges of margin from old colored paper backing
Exhibited at the Frye Art Museum, 1976
10-3/4 x 7 inches

19787c
$650. 

Mark Tobey’s Eskimo Mask
Linocut with added color, 1954
Signed and titled in pencil
Repaired tear in top margin. Very small tear in image.
13-5/8 x 10-1/2 inches

28748c
$1400.

Mark Tobey
Linocut, 1954
Signed and titled in pencil
Exhibited at the Frye Art Museum, 1976
Other known impression: Museum of Northwest Art
13-3/4 x 10-1/2 inches

19760c
$1300.

Tibetan Religious Art
Linocut, 1958
Signed and titled in pencil
12 x 9 inches

19786c
$450. 

White Tara - The White Savioress
Linocut on colored paper, n.d.
Signed and titled in pencil
12 x 9 inches

19756c
$500

After Our Likeness
(Also known as Adam and Eve)
Linocut with watercolor, n.d.
Signed and titled in pencil
11 x 6-5/8  inches

19762c
$450.

Little People
Linocut with watercolor, n.d.
Signed and titled in pencil
6 x 9 inches

19781c
$325. 

Joyeux Noel
Linocut with watercolor, n.d.
Signed in pencil
9 x 6 inches

19764c
$325. 

Tibetan Magic Circle
Linocut with watercolor, n.d.
Signed and titled in pencil
11 x 8 inches

19772c
$500. 

Boy
Linocut, n.d.
Signed and titled in pencil
9 x 6-1/4 inches

19753c
$650. 

Untitled
Handcolored paper cutout, 1959
Signed
12 x 9 inches

19774c
$500. 

Untitled
Paper cutout on rose paper, n.d.
Signed 
12 x 9 inches

19761c
$450. 

Untitled
Paper cutout on purple paper, 1959
Signed in pencil
9 x 12 inches

19773c
$475. 

Untitled  
Hancdolored paper cutout, n.d.
Signed in design lower right
9 x 13 inches

28751c
$900. 

Untitled
Paper cutout on olive paper, 1959
Stamped “January 10 1959” verso
9 x 12 inches

19778c
SOLD

The Northwest School:
A Sense of Place Within
28-page catalog for exhibition at Humboldt Cultural Center, 1992-93 with drawing by Wes Wehr (1929-2004) and tipped-in drawing by Helmi Juvonen (1903-1985). Catalog features poetry by Richard Duning, an essay by curator Alan Dismuke, and bios and images for Juvonen, Wehr, Morris Graves, Bruno Groth, Anne Martin McCool, Hans Nelsen and John Swingdler.
8-1/2 x 5-1/4 inches

28772c
$750. 

The Northwest School:
A Sense of Place Within
(Detail of tipped-in drawing by Helmi Juvonen)

Bunny Drawing
Pen and ink drawing on notecard with letter to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, n.d.
Signed
6 x 4-1/2 inches

28755c
$275. 

**NOTE: many of the small drawings are cover images or inside panel images from folded notecards or correspondence. Often the other panels of the card contain handwriting or additional imagery. This expanded view of the Bunny Drawing shows such an example.

Doll Drawing
Pen and ink, n.d.
Signed in pencil
9 x 6 inches

28774c
$250. 

Doll Drawing
Watercolor, n.d.
Signed
7 x 4-3/4 inches

28745c
$200. 

Witch Drawing
Watercolor and pen drawing on notecard with letter to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, n.d.
Signed
6-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches

28754c
$250. unframed

Doll drawing
Watercolor and ink on notecard with letter to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, c. 1960s.
Unsigned on front (note inside is signed.)
6-1/8 x 3-1/2 inches

28757c
$225.

Doll drawing
Watercolor and ink on notecard with letter to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, c. 1960s.
Unsigned on front (note inside is signed.)
6-1/8 x 3-1/2 inches

28758c
$225.

Doll drawing
Watercolor and on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, April 28, 1966.
Signed
7 x 4-1/4 inches

28759c
$250.

Doll drawing
Watercolor and ink on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, July 13,1966.
Signed
7 x 4-1/4 inches

28760c
$250.

Doll drawing
Ink on notecard with letter to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, c. 1960s.
Unsigned on front (note inside is signed.)
7 x 4-1/4 inches

28761c
$225.

Doll drawing
Marker and ink on unused handmade notecard with envelope, c. 1960s.
Signed
7-1/8 x 4-1/2 inches

28762c
$200.

Fish drawing
Watercolor and cut paper on letter to Ivar Haglund, c. 1960s
Signed in yellow brush
4-1/4 x 7 inches

28763c
$225.

Fish drawing
Watercolor and ink on letter to Helen Blackwood.  Drawings of ducks in text, inside.
Signed
4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches

28764c
$250.

Doll drawing
Watercolor and ink on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, October 21,1966.
Signed
6-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches

28765c
$250.

Doll drawing
Watercolor and ink on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, Feb. 4,1966.
Signed
7 x 4-1/4 inches

28766c
$250.

Elf drawing
Marker and ink on unused handmade notecard, c. 1960s
Unsigned
6-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches

28767c
$150.

Elf drawing
Watercolor and ink on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, December 15, 1967.
Drawings of ducks in text inside.
Signed
6-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches

28768c
$250.

Doll drawing
Watercolor and ink on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, September 29,1966.
Signed
7 x 4-1/4 inches

28769c
$250.

Doll drawing
Watercolor and ink on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, July 1,1966.
Drawing of firecracker in note about 4th of July inside.
Signed
7 x 4-1/4 inches

28770c
$250.

Clown drawing
Ink on postmarked correspondence to Helen Blackwood at the University Bookstore, January 5, 1968.
Stamped "Oakhurst Infirmary, Elma WA" verso
Signed
6-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches

28771c
$250.