Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. radiant painting with subjects including landscapes

with subjects including landscapes

Just a sweet

I'd guess it dates from the first half of the 20th century

and one white spot on the surface

Really a super piece

Woman in Kimono with Parasol, Antique Cyanotype, late 19th/early 20th c. radiant painting with subjects including landscapesPerhaps 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