Lot 56

- appears in good condition, unexamined out of frame
(75 x 60cm framed)


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Whilst living in Peking in 1922 Bertha Lum developed a new technique for printing, often referred to as a raised line print, which involved moulding wet paper over a carved wooden block. After the paper dried she would then handpaint the embossed paper using the raised lines to delineate the areas of colours. According to her daughter, Eleanor "Peter" Lum Crowe, this was an old Chinese technique that Lum adapted for her own use.