Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. bottle shaped vase I could not resist this

I could not resist this old wooden wheel

The wood is worn and aged

may just be my favorite

Signed Norm C

Photos don’t convey the sense of aged warmth of the grey board to which the watercolor is mounted

Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. bottle shaped vase I could not resist thisPerhaps this lovely woman was preparing to sit for James Whistler, who perhaps more than any other American painter helped to advance the "Japonisme" craze in the U. S. in the late 19th century, following its popularity first in Paris after the reopening of trade of Japan in 1858. This wonderful cyanotype does invite filling in a backstory, as our subject looks not entirely ready or eager to have have her photograph taken, and one might guess that the