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Spring Returns

1991

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. 33.5 × W. 49.8 cm (13 3/16 × 19 5/8 in.) paper: H. 41 × W. 55.8 cm (16 1/8 × 21 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Mo Ce, Beijing, China (1991-2010), 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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