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PrintsChinese20th century

Light of Lake

1982

Artists

Mo Ce 莫測Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink on xuan paper

Culture

Chinese

Century

20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

image: H. 31 × W. 25.5 cm (12 3/16 × 10 1/16 in.) paper: H. 40.7 × W. 31.8 cm (16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

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)

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