Charles W. Bartlett (1860-1940)
Jaunpur, India, 1920
Woodblock print, ‘early morning’ variant
Signed in graphite: ‘Charles W.Bartlett’
Printed monogram: ‘CWB’
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1920
Signed in graphite: ‘Charles W.Bartlett’
Printed monogram: ‘CWB’
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: 1920
Vertical oban:
39.5 x 27.5 cm. (15 ½ x 10 ⅞ in.)
39.5 x 27.5 cm. (15 ½ x 10 ⅞ in.)
Very good impression, colour and overall condition. Very minor toning and a few very light marks to margins.
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Three colour variants are known for this design: ‘early morning’ (as here) with a pink tonality; ‘midday’ with more pronounced sunlight on the stupa, radiant horizon, and yellow tone of...
Three colour variants are known for this design: ‘early morning’ (as here) with a pink tonality; ‘midday’ with more pronounced sunlight on the stupa, radiant horizon, and yellow tone of the man’s turban; and ‘moonlight’ with an overall deep blue tone. See Richard Miles and Jennifer Saville, A Printmaker in Paradise: The Art and Life of Charles W. Bartlett, (Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001), p. 114.