Untitled

Helmi Dagmar Juvonen (American, 1903-1985)

Untitled

  • Date: after 1960
  • Medium: Cut paper
  • Object Dimensions: 13 x 15 x 1 1/4 in. (33.02 x 38.1 x 3.18 cm)
  • Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2007.001
  • Photo Credit: Jueqian Fang
  • Verbal Description: This is an intricate, white cut-paper design on a black background. The line of symmetry runs horizontally across the artwork. At the center of the design are two mirrored heart symbols. Surrounding these hearts is a crown of curly-q lines, creating a frame of teardrop shapes. Nearly every teardrop contains a smaller heart and a silhouette of a bird calling out with an open beak. On the very outside parameter are small rectangles, almost like the tabs of a paper doll.