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Maduo, a Town by the Source of the Yellow River

1987

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: 33.7 × 50 cm (13 1/4 × 19 11/16 in.) paper: 39.7 × 54 cm (15 5/8 × 21 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Mo Ce, Beijing, China (1987-2010), 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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