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Elizabeth Keith

Outside the Hato Mon, Peking (Pre-Earthquake)

Outside the Hato Mon, Peking (Pre-Earthquake)

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Catalog ID: A4030

Artist: Elizabeth Keith
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: China Series
Edition: First
Date: 1919
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
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Size: 15 -1/4 x 10 -1/2 "
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors.

Notes: Scarce; blocks were lost in the 1923 Tokyo earthquake. Signed by the artist in black ink; and "EK" monogram in right corner. Miles Catalog number 1. Keith noted: "A marriage procession, led by the lantern bearers, is passing through the gate. In Peking, where there are no waterways, camel transport is a common sight." AN IMPORTANT, EARLY KEITH WORK, RARE IN THIS CONDITION.