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Helene Mass (Austrian, b. 1871-?)
Pines on the Shore
A large format print; with artist's HM monogram at lower left. Annotated in pencil on the bottom margin, Orig. Holzschnitt Handdruck (original woodcut hand-printed) with tiny circular impressed seal from the paper manufacturer, Wohlgemut & Lisener, Berlin. Signed at lower right, H. Mass, ca. 1920.
47.9 by 52 cm
This large, bold, impressionistic landscape appears to have been self-carved and self-printed. This artist is so rarely recorded that we are only able to note the year of her birth.

Provenance:
Robert O. Mueller, Newton, Connecticut