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Black and white print showing free-standing columns against a cloudy sky.

This black and white woodblock print depicts several free-standing columns against a cloudy sky.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.207
People
Mo Ce 莫測 (Xuyi, Jiangsu, China born 1928)
Title
Yuanming Yuan
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 圓明園
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1982
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359651

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
image: H. 31.5 × W. 43.5 cm (12 3/8 × 17 1/8 in.)
paper: H. 39.1 × W. 50.5 cm (15 3/8 × 19 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mo Ce, Beijing, China (1982-2010), gift; to daughter-in-law Yiling Mao and son Ping Mo, Beijing and New York (2010-2017), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

Footnotes:
Artist Mo Ce (b. 1928)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Yiling Mao (AB '91 AM '94) and Ping Mo (MArch '90)
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.207
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Ruins of the old Summer Palace

Exhibition History

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