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East Gate Seoul, Moonlight
by Keith Elizabeth

	Artist:	Keith Elizabeth
	Title:	East Gate Seoul, Moonlight
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1920
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	44364
	Notes (first edition)?:	Artist Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956) Title East Gate, Seoul by moonlight Date Of Work c. 1920 Publisher Watanabe Dimensions 12.5 x 17.75 inches Notes Rare. Issued as a single edition of 30. Depicts the "Gate of Uplifting Mercy". Extensive use of mica on the roof eaves.
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: "East Gate, Seoul, by Moonlight" was issued in an edition of only 30 and has become quite scarce today. Elizabeth Keith 1887-1956: Elizabeth Keith was a British artist who became a print designer, working closely with publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. When she held an exhibition of her Korean watercolours in Tokyo in 1919, Watanabe suggested to turn the painting of the 'East Gate in Seoul' by moonlight into a colour print, resulting in the first print and marking the beginning of Keith's career as a print artist. Elizabeth Keith said in 1926 “A few years ago in Tokyo I held an exhibition of water-colour sketches portraying the everyday life of the Koreans. It was the first exhibition of Korean subjects ever held there. The leading colour printer, then a stranger to me, came to the exhibition and strongly advised me to have my water-colour of ‘East Gate, Seoul by Moonlight,’ made into a colour print. He declared that it would be a great success. I took his advice and he was right, for the subject is still the most popular of my prints.” In my opinion this print is in excellent condition,there are no creases,no tears or no damage whatsover. The frame is good but has seen better days, the mount has a slight stain to the right. This is a fantastic impression, the colours are rich and unfaded. It is signed bottom right in full in white pencil/crayon and has her "EK" in a circle monogram next to the signature. It was difficult to get decent images as the woodcut is behind glass. The piece measures overall including the frame 21.75''x16.5'' (55.5cm x 42cm) and the image measures 16.5''x11.75'' (42cm x 29.9cm)