Elizabeth Keith

Two Korean Children

Elizabeth Keith’s original woodcut, "Two Korean Children", was published in Tokyo by Shosaburo Watanabe in 1925. This particular impression is in fine condition and bears strong, vivid colors. In this famous woodcut two Korean children stand at the gateway to their village. Snow covered rooftops and a passing mother with her baby are seen in the background. In the far distance white mountains stand against the clear blue sky. The land and people of Korea held a special place in Elizabeth Keith’s oeuvre and she devoted at least forty woodcuts to this subject.

Original Color Woodcut by the British artist, Elizabeth Keith

Two Korean Children

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Artist:	Keith, Elizabeth (Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1887 - England, 1956)
Date:	1925
Medium:	Original Color Woodcut
Publisher:	Shosaburo Watanabe, Tokyo
Note:	Elizabeth Keith: Along with Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum and Paul Jacoulet, Elizabeth Keith ranks as a foremost Western artist associated with the famous Japanese Shin Hanga movement of the early twentieth century color woodcut. Elizabeth Keith was born in Scotland but spent most of her youth in London. She received no formal training in the arts and did not begin devoting her energies to painting and printmaking until an eventful 1915 trip to Japan to visit her sister and brother-in-law. She immediately fell in love with the country and sold her return ticket home. For the following nine years, Elizabeth Keith lived in Japan and traveled extensively in Korea, China and the Philippines.
	Elizabeth Keith’s first large scale exhibition of her paintings and watercolors took place in 1919 at the Peers Club, Tokyo. Her art quickly came to the attention of the leading publisher of Shin Hanga art, Shosaburo Watanabe, who convinced Keith to work upon designs for woodcuts. Her first woodblock print, East Gate, Seoul, by Moonlight was published by Watanabe later that year. For the following two decades (1919-1939) Watanabe published slightly over one hundred Elizabeth Keith woodcuts, depicting scenes and peoples of Japan, Korea, China and other Eastern localities.
	Elizabeth Keith’s woodcut art drew admiration from many countries and her prints were regularly exhibited in Japan, England and the United States. Most of her prints, however, were published in very small editions (usually between 30 and 50 impressions). Elizabeth Keith left Japan for England in 1924. She frequently returned to Japan in the 1930’s until mobilization for the Second World War forced her to return permanently to England.
	An aiban sized woodcut, "Two Korean Children" was published by Watanabe in 1925. Like all her fine art this Elizabeth Keith woodcut displays beautiful coloration with wonderful imagery. The land and people of Korea held a special place in Keith’s oeuvre and she devoted at least forty woodcuts to this subject.
Raisonne:	Richard Miles, "Elizabeth Keith: The Printed Works, Pacific Asia Museum", Pasadena, California, 1991. Catalogue #, Miles, 61.
Size:	9 3/8 X 6 5/8 (Aiban) (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, laid mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as published in Tokyo in 1925. Signed in the block, “Elizabeth Keith”, to the lower right. A strong, richly printed impression without a trace of light staining or mat burning and in very good condition throughout. "Two Korean Children" represents a prime, original example of the famous woodcut art of Elizabeth Keith.
Subject:	Elizabeth Keith, "Two Korean Children", original woodcut, Japanese Shin Hanga movement, Shosaburo Watanabe, The land and people of Korea.
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