Helen West Heller

A small bird's trilling...my spent corpse

1928

Black embroidered panel showing poem lines and geometric patterns on a cream fabric square.

Black embroidered panel showing poem lines and geometric patterns on a cream fabric square.

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Date
1928

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 5 7/8 × 5 1/16 in. (14.9 × 12.9 cm) Image: 3 × 2 9/16 in. (7.6 × 6.5 cm)

Accession number
96.277.14

Edition
Ed. 109

Publication
Published by Franklin J. Meine

Credit line
Gift of Judith and Richard Webb

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/25450

Part of a series:
Migratory Urge
18 works

Decorative black printed block with copyright notice reading "Copyright 1928 by Helen West Heller."

Block print titled "An intelligence in a small town" showing women and figures among flowers.

Black embroidered panel showing poem lines and geometric patterns on a cream fabric square.

A woodcut showing a caravan of people and animals traveling along a winding mountain path.

Black-and-white woodcut of a cat peeking from behind a patterned curtain.

Woodcut print showing cranes and workers building an early skyscraper in a city.

Black woodcut titled "Garret" showing stylized birds and a poem about birds, rain, and storms.

Black woodcut text block describing art mediums and credited to Llewellyn Jones.

Small black woodcut print showing a narrow path or interior leading toward a lit kitchen window.

A small black-and-white woodcut shows a seated woman hunched over in a cramped interior.

Helen West Heller
18 works in the collection

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