Two Elizabeth Keith Inter-War Woodblocks Up For Sale

Posted: April 30th, 2022 | No Comments »

I’ve mentioned the Scottish artist Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956) a couple of times in passing when talking about the American artist Bertha Lum (here in Destination Peking) and Katharine Jowett (here in the South China Morning Post), both Peking-based women artists in the inter-war period. Keith was a print-maker and watercolorist whose works were significantly influenced by her travels to Japan, China, Korea and the Philippines. I mention her because her work, like Lum’s, Jowett’s and other female foreign artists who worked in Asia, their work does not come up for sale often. But I did note this forthcoming sale of two Keith works – a woodblock titled Court Musicians, Korea (1938) and another woodblock, with bamboo frame, Portrait of a Lady in Jolo, Sulu (Philippines) (1924).

The woodblocks are up for online auction:

Sale Description: Chinese, Japanese, Indian & Islamic Ceramics & Works of Art; Persian & European Carpets, Rugs & Textiles; and Antique Furniture & Objects
Sale Date: 14/05/2022

Details here

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