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Floating World Gallery | Bell Tower, Soochow, China

Bell Tower, Soochow, China

Keith, Elizabeth, 1887-1956

Artist : Keith, Elizabeth, 1887-1956
Date : c. 1935
Medium : woodblock
Item# : 261068
Condition : No condition problems to note
Image size : 13 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches
Comments : Published by The Watanabe Color Print Co.; design not listed in the Keith catalogue; pencil signature
SOLD

About The Artist

Keith, Elizabeth, 1887-1956

Born in England. Traveled to Tokyo in 1915 to visit a relative. Intrigued with the Orient, she remained until 1924, making several trips to Korea, China, Philippines, and throughout Japan. First won recognition with a collection of caricatures of Japanese and foreign residents published in 1917 to benefit the Red Cross. In 1920 Watanabe Shozaburo saw an exhibition of watercolors from a recent trip to Korea and urged her to translate the painting East Gate, Seoul by Moonlight into a print. T.....

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