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Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge
'Peking - Paifang Gate' — Mid-Century Watanabe Color Woodcut

1925

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Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge, 'Peking '25', woodblock print, published 1926. Signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'No 124' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh, undiminished colors; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Watanabe 6 mm seal, lower right, indicating an impression printed between 1945 and 1957. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 9 5/8 x 14 5/16 inches; sheet size 10 7/16 x 15 3/8 inches. ABOUT THE IMAGE A 'paifang', also known as a 'pailou', is a traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. It has been theorized that the paifang gate architecture was influenced by Buddhist torana temple gates. Paifang are designed with traditional Chinese architectural motifs including multi-tiered roofs, prominent supporting posts, and gracefully arched openings. This is an unusual ukiyo-e or 'floating world' woodcut published by Watanabe Shozaburo, Tokyo, in that the subject is of an early 20th-century scene in Peking, China. ABOUT THE ARTIST Cyrus Leroy Baldridge (1889–1977) was a noted illustrator, painter, printmaker, and writer. At the age of 10, he became the youngest student at Frank Holme’s Chicago School of Illustration. In 1907, he was accepted at the University of Chicago, where he continued his art education and graduated in 1911. Following graduation, Baldridge worked as an illustrator, later becoming a war correspondent on the battlefront during WWI. After the war, he settled in upstate New York and continued to work as a writer and illustrator while traveling the world with his wife, Caroline Singer, who was also a writer. The couple traveled from Africa to India and Japan in the 1920s. Japanese art profoundly influenced Baldridge’s work—during his time in Japan, he met the famed Shin Hanga print publisher Watanabe Shozaburo in Tokyo. He produced several woodblock prints for Watanabe during the 1920s and 1930s. In 1952, he and his wife retired to Santa Fe, where he satisfied his taste for adventure, hiking the mountains of New Mexico and painting the landscape in oil and watercolor.
  • Creator:
    Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge (1889 - 1977)
  • Creation Year:
    1925
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.63 in (24.47 cm)Width: 14.38 in (36.53 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 981401stDibs: LU53235602142

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