woven in oranges, golds, browns, tans, multicolored cream and pink; upper middle section with dark brown letter on cream with pink and silver and tan background; slanted diagonal section descending from URC and widening toward middle in cream/pink and tan; heading band on back

%C2%A91997 Helena Hernmarck

"History of Money" Study, 1997

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This is a preparatory study for a larger work commissioned by Chase Bank (now JP Morgan Chase Bank) in Wilmington, Delaware, which presents a visual history of currency. The red and yellow fragment offers a glimpse of a New Jersey six-pound note issued in 1776, when the region was still under British rule.

Doing her research for this project, Helena Hernmarck was surprised to learn that Sweden was the first European country to adopt banknotes, an early form of paper money. The notes were issued in 1661 by Stockholms Banco.

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Title
"History of Money" Study
Artist Life
American (born Sweden), born 1941
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2008.57.22
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woven in oranges, golds, browns, tans, multicolored cream and pink; upper middle section with dark brown letter on cream with pink and silver and tan background; slanted diagonal section descending from URC and widening toward middle in cream/pink and tan; heading band on back

©1997 Helena Hernmarck