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<p>[QUOTE="MGO'Connell, post: 4424578, member: 69676"][ATTACH=full]378053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378056[/ATTACH] I had done extensive looking online and cannot find anything that looks like either of them. They have a more modern style and the hair is different from most other portraits of Asian women. I assume that, like most of the other art and literature that I purchased from this estate that it was created no later than the 1930s.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I refer to as “Woman in Red”. I will post images of the second one in my REPLIES. I am posting an image of the back as well as the chop and a close-up of the publisher stamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size (Both Prints): 9.5" h x 10.75" w (I purchased as is with no matting/framing)</p><p><br /></p><p>Medium: print (woodblock?) on lightweight, illustration board.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t know the artist. On verso, there is a small mark, “SOGA BROS JAPAN”. I am assuming that was the publisher or gallery. I can find no mention of either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a lot of art and printed materials at that estate sale in North Florida last year (APR 2021). The work belonged to a Japanese woman who once lived in Chicago early in the last century. She had ties to the Art Institute of Chicago and owned a lot of photography and smaller artwork in her collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help identifying the artist would be appreciated. Thanks for looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MGO'Connell, post: 4424578, member: 69676"][ATTACH=full]378053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]378056[/ATTACH] I had done extensive looking online and cannot find anything that looks like either of them. They have a more modern style and the hair is different from most other portraits of Asian women. I assume that, like most of the other art and literature that I purchased from this estate that it was created no later than the 1930s. This one I refer to as “Woman in Red”. I will post images of the second one in my REPLIES. I am posting an image of the back as well as the chop and a close-up of the publisher stamp. Size (Both Prints): 9.5" h x 10.75" w (I purchased as is with no matting/framing) Medium: print (woodblock?) on lightweight, illustration board. I don’t know the artist. On verso, there is a small mark, “SOGA BROS JAPAN”. I am assuming that was the publisher or gallery. I can find no mention of either. I bought a lot of art and printed materials at that estate sale in North Florida last year (APR 2021). The work belonged to a Japanese woman who once lived in Chicago early in the last century. She had ties to the Art Institute of Chicago and owned a lot of photography and smaller artwork in her collection. Any help identifying the artist would be appreciated. Thanks for looking.[/QUOTE]
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