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Bertha Lum

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Kites
Located in Fallbrook, CA
A rare and lovely color woodcut print by Bertha Lum. Printed on vellum. It is pencil signed and
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Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Prints

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Color

Kites
Kites
H 8.94 in W 14.38 in
Dance of Ganesha
Located in Fallbrook, CA
This is a raised outline print by Bertha Lum. Pencil signed and hand colored. She created this
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor

FROST
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Santa Monica, CA
BERTHA LUM (1869 – 1954) FROST 1918-20 (GP 50) Color woodcut, Edition size
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1910s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

FROST
FROST
H 17.875 in W 11.625 in
TAN SHI SOU, WHITE SNAKE TMPLE
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Santa Monica, CA
BERTHA LUM (American 1879-1954) TAN SHI SOU, WHITE SNAKE TEMPLE (Gravalos/Pulin catalog number 83
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1920s Modern More Prints

Materials

Color, Woodcut

Three Wise Men
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Burbank, CA
. The pencil annotation seems to read “Copyright 1918 by Bertha Lum” –most impressions are dated two to
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1910s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Point Lobos
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Burbank, CA
Lum’s undisputed masterwork, and her only view of California. Green trees and shrubs cling to the
Category

1920s Art Deco Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut, Mulberry Paper

Tan Shi Sou, White Snake Temple Raised Line Woodcut Hand Painted 1924 Bertha Lum
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Soquel, CA
Tan Shi Sou, White Snake Temple Raised Line Woodcut Hand-Painted By Bertha Lum, 1924 Bertha Lum
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Rice Paper

Garden Door
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Santa Monica, CA
BERTHA LUM (American 1879-1954) GARDEN DOOR, 1929 (Gravalos and Pulin 93) Raised line embossed
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1920s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Woodcut

Wedding Procession - Raised Line Woodcut Hand Painted 1924 Betha Lum
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Soquel, CA
Wedding Procession is a colored raised line woodcut, done in 1924 by Bertha Boynton Lum (American
Category

1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Rice Paper, Gouache

THE SPINNER aka Weaver
By Bertha Boynton Lum
Located in Santa Monica, CA
BERTHA LUM (American 1879-1954) THE SPINNER, aka The Weaver, 1924 Color woodcut, signed and with
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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