| Artist | Helen Hyde (1868-1919) |
| Title | "The Bath" (numbered and pencil-signed in image by artist) |
| Date | 1905 Original edition #108 (total impressions unknown) |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Self-published. |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Matsumoto / Shohiro Murata (Murata was printer for Hiroshige III--and printed all of Hyde's woodblocks in the years around 1902-10. Matsumoto carved many/all of Hyde's block-sets.) |
| Image Size | 10 1/8 x 16 1/4 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; crisply detailed lines. |
| Condition | Very Good. Excellent colors. (Top/bottom margins trimmed to image edge; corner damages; some minor wrinkling; 1-inch archival repair top center verso.) Clean backside/ margins. Printed on thin Japanese paper. |
| Reference/Illus | Mason "Helen Hyde-American Printmaker" #59 (and illustraded back of catalog). |
| Comments | Absolutely charming image of the loving bond between Japanese mother and her infant baby. Hyde lived and worked in Japan for most of her adult career producing a lifetime total of 151 catalogued works, most depicting charming images of children. Rare image--one of Hyde's very few, full-sized images. |
| Item # | CG-996 |
| Price | $1950 reduced (was $2250) |