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Elizabeth Keith Buddhist Priest Wood Block Print
Elizabeth Keith Buddhist Priest Wood Block Print
Item Details
Description
Elizabeth Keith
United Kingdom, Japan
1887-1956
Titled "Buddhist Priest" depicts a bearded priest seated in a horseshoe backed chair wearing yellow robes and holding a fly whisk. Keith was a self taught artist who studied woodblock in Japan after visiting her sister who lived in Tokyo due to her husband's publishing job. This led her to begin publishing her work and traveled throughout Asia using the people as her subjects.
Woodblock on paper,Image area approx. 15" x 10".Frame 24" x 18 1/4"
Signed "Elizabeth Keith" in pencil lower right corner.
From the collection of a North Scituate, Rhode Island estate.
Condition
Some surface wear to frame, image behind glass, otherwise in very good condition and displays well.
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Elizabeth Keith Buddhist Priest Wood Block Print

Estimate $200 - $600
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Starting Price $100
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Kevin Bruneau
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