PrintsChinese20th century

Mountainscape

1959

Artists

Mo Ce 莫測Artist

Description

A terraced field on a mountain

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Chinese

Century

20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

image: H. 40.5 × W. 24 cm (15 15/16 × 9 7/16 in.) paper: H. 45.4 × W. 28.3 cm (17 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Mo Ce, Beijing, China (1959-2010), 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)

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