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Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Chinese prints from 1950-2006 by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 2007).

Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

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A Village Delegation Presents Comforts to the Troops on New Year's Dayfront

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A Village Delegation Presents Comforts to the Troops on New Year's Day

  • Literature notes

    Shi Zhan graduated from the Shanghai School of Art in 1931. He went to Yan’an in 1937 and in 1942 and was appointed head of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of the Shanxi, Gansu and Ningxia regions. He moved to Shenyang in 1948 and became head of the Culture Department of Liaoning province.

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    Series
    (New) New Year Pictures Collection
    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (place of publication)
    Date
    published 1950
    Artist/maker
    Shi Zhan (1912 - 1993) (artist)
    Associated people
    New Rongbaozhai (established 1949) (publisher)
    International Bookstore (established 1949) (retailer)
    Material and technique
    multi-block woodcut, printed with water-soluble ink
    Dimensions
    print 20.2 x 29.1 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print › new year-print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2006.
    Accession no.
    EA2006.273

  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 5 on p. 10, p. xi, illus. p. 10

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  • Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

    Shi Zhan graduated from the Shanghai School of Art in 1931. He went to Yan’an in 1937 and in 1942 and was appointed head of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of the Shanxi, Gansu and Ningxia regions. He moved to Shenyang in 1948 and became head of the Culture Department of Liaoning province.
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