The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Vertically oriented print with an angular figure with a dark skin tone. They have a triangular upper body, rectangular lower body, and clasp their hands, wearing a white dress and crown. A limited color palate of dark green, black, and tan shade the print in streaking splotches. A cross tilts diagonally across the print behind the central figure and in front of a black and green-brown background. A bird sits in the lower right.

Helena

1956

Helen Schaffer

(American)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
screenprint
Gift of Price A. Chamberlin for the James W. Kline Memorial Collection 1956.205
Location: Not on view
  • Helen Schaffer Entry Card to 1956 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • The May Show: 38th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 2-June 10, 1956).
  • {{cite web|title=Helena|url=false|author=Helen Schaffer|year=1956|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.205