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Dawn Sailings

1981

Artists

Mo Ce 莫測Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Culture

Chinese

Century

20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

image: H. 28.4 × W. 39.9 cm (11 3/16 × 15 11/16 in.) paper: H. 35 × W. 45 cm (13 3/4 × 17 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Mo Ce, Beijing, China (1981-2010), 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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