1996
Postcard with image of the artist with smoke next to an abandoned house in the desert.
10.7 x 15 cm (4 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.24.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhang Lao Xianggong" ("Old Master Zhang"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhou Cang Zhi Shen" ("Gods of Happiness and Nobility"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Ling Ying He Shen" ("Efficacious River God"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.49.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading: "Man Men Zeng Fu" ("Increase Blessings for the Entire Household"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xiao Gong Zhi Shen" ("Heavenly General Xiao"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.23.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left "(vaguely) Hu Fa Wei Tuo Zun Tian" ("Buddhist Guardian Wei Tuo Who Protects the Dharma"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChinese