Antique framed print titled "OFF TO MARKET" by Wylog Fong 

 " in the early morn brisk of step, and high in spirits accompanied by his beautiful daughter , the vendor hurries that his Joke Low ( bamboo basket) may be filled with wares for distribution to his waiting customers".

The artist's signature is present on the lithograph print, and it is an original piece from the 1920's. An old tattered literature is at the back of frame from West Coast Engraving Co.

The frame itself is original carved wood with painted floral border and measures 15 inches in length and height. Had been kept under glass and  protected the lithograph's color well. Great condition for age ready to be hang and shown with its authentic antique look.  Expected vintage wear is expected, please check photos carefully for further evaluation.

About Artist : Wylog Fong was a known painter — and perhaps the inventor of the velvet painting. He was born in 1894 in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The 1900 census recorded his name as “Lock Fong.” The 1910 census records his name as “Way Lock Fong” and his mother isn’t recorded alongside his father and many siblings. By 1920, he’s recorded as “Wy Lok Fong,” and he was living in Portland’s Chinatown as a landscape artist. He studied art at Portland Art Association‘s school. He began painting on velvet in the 1920s. He later moved to Los Angeles’s Chinatown and became one of the early Asian Angeleno artists that would become iconic in his imagery of the beauty, color and richness of the Asian history and culture of Los Angeles.