April 17, 2024
Elizabeth Keith 1887-1956 Woodblock / Woodcut Singapore 1935 Unmounted
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Recent Estate acquisition a woodcut by Elizabeth Keith 1887-1956 from 1935. This woodcut is one from a portfolio purchased from a local estate. The woodcut have been well cared for and has never been mounted. This piece measures 12 1/4" x 17 1/2 ". This woodblock has no water damage and creasing in the right upper corner, missing corner on the lower left corner and three 1/2" tears along the edges. It does have tinting. Colors of the woodblock are extremely crisp and unfaded. This piece is signed in pencil by Elizabeth Keith on the low right corner. The title of this woodblock is "Singapore" This woodblock is in good condition. Elizabeth Keith was born in England. Traveled to Tokyo in 1915 to visit a relative. Intriguedwith 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. This and other prints made under Watanabe’s supervision were highly successful in Japan, at the Royal Academy and Beaux Arts Gallery in London, and in Paris. Keith took up color etching in 1926 or 1927 after
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