Helmi Dagmar Juvonen (American, 1903-1985)
Available Works
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.
• Related Links: American Prints, Northwest Artists
Publications: Helmi Dagmar Juvonen Her Life & Work: A Chronicle
Paperback biography, by Ulrich Fritzsche MD, 2001.
168 pages. 13 color illustrations. 9 x 6 inches.
$25
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Untitled (King Tut)
Colored pencil on paper, c. 1978.
11 x 8-1/2 inches.
$1200
Bird
Watercolor, n.d. Signed on verso.
10-5/8 x 14-5/8 inches.
[19789c]
$1100
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
Bird
Watercolor, n.d. Signed.
11 x 8-3/8 inches.
[19758c]
$1000
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
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
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
Yakima Indian Design
Linocut collage, 1952-1953. Signed on backing, lower right.
16-5/8 x 12 inches.
[19775c]
$575
Yakima Parade
Linocut, 1952-53. Signed and titled in pencil. Only known impression.
8-3/4 x 12 inches.
[19792c]
$950
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
Indian Mask (Northern Nootkan)
Linocut, 1952. Signed and titled in pencil. One of two known impressions.
11 x 7 inches.
[19791c]
$850
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.
[19763c]
$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
Updated: 3/30/10