Harvest’s End (Wan chang), 1982, from the Shattered Jade (Sui yu) series (1977–83)
1982
Artists
Description
This small woodblock print is printed with black ink outlines on the front and is hand-colored in red, yellow, blue, and green from the back. The scene shows villagers gathering to watch a film, surrounded by bales of hay and seated on stools and benches under starry skies. On the makeshift movie screen, a thresher works its way across a field with mountains in the background, and a loudspeaker affixed to the left side of the screen blares the audio. Two children, one with pigtails, are seated towards to the front for a clearer view, a dog watches with rapt attention at the back, near the projectionist. Pairs of figures sit with their heads tipped towards each other, arms slung affectionately around each other’s shoulders.
Dimensions
14.6 × 15.1 cm (5 3/4 × 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 34.8 × 34.6 cm (13 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
Provenance
[Ink Studio, LLC, Seattle, WA, Aug. 10, 2021], sold; to Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz, Newton, MA (2021-2022), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022.
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