The White Buddha, Seoul, Korea by Elizabeth Keith

The White Buddha, Seoul, Korea by Elizabeth Keith

The White Buddha, Seoul, Korea

Elizabeth Keith

Title

The White Buddha, Seoul, Korea

 
Artist

Elizabeth Keith

  1887 - 1956 (biography)
Year
c. 1920  
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
14 7/8 x 9 3/4" image size 
Signature
yellow pencil, lower right image 
Edition Size
Edition not known 
Annotations
titled in pencil on verso with "(15)" 
Reference
Not in Miles 
Paper
antique-white laid Japanese hosho 
State
published 
Publisher
Watanabe 
Inventory ID
LEAR117 
Price
SOLD
Description
This impression is titled by the artist in pencil on the verso. This color woodcut is not in the Miles raisonne. It depicts a large Buddha, carved in relief, at night. Though Buddhism was banned in Korea many monuments remained, including this, outside of Seoul. It is probable that the blocks for this image were lost in the 1923 Tokyo earthquake, which destroyed Watanabe's studio.