The Go-Cart
1913
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hyde Gillette in memory of Mabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette
Accession Number
1992.13.82
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Go-Cart** (1913) by Helen Hyde is a delightful graphic arts print from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, gifted in memory of Mabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette. This work captures the joy of childhood through the image of children dressed in traditional Japanese attire, playfully engaging with a go-cart—a simple, wheeled toy or carriage that evokes everyday innocence and motion. Helen Hyde, an American artist active in the early 20th century, drew deep inspiration from Japanese culture and ukiyo-e woodblock traditions, which she encountered during her travels ...
About the Artist
Helen Hyde · 1868–1919
Helen Hyde (1868–1919) was born in Lima, New York, and spent much of her childhood in California, where her family had relocated. She began her formal artistic training at the San Francisco School of Design and continued at the Art Students League in New York from 1888 to 1889. In 1890 she traveled to Europe, spending time in Berlin and subsequently in Paris from 1891 to 1894, where she became cap...