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Michael Sullivan: A Life of Art and Friendship

(from 11th Mar until 14th Sep 2014)

A commemorative exhibition in memory of Michael Sullivan, leading scholar of Chinese art.

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The Celestial Penglaifront

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The Celestial Penglai

  • loan

  • Description

    Zhao Zongzao (born 1931) is a professor of printmaking of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. After a visit to Japan in 1982, Zhao started to work on prints of a famous group of rocks on Mount Huang (Huangshan), in which he combined the subtlety of a wash painting with the texture of the grain of the woodblock, using it to suggest the surface of the rocks.

    Michael Sullivan (1916-2013) saw a print of this in an exhibition of works from the Academy in Hangzhou, and later met the artist in the Academy. Zhao stayed up all night making this print for Michael. The inscription reads ‘The Celestial Penglai. One print in the Huangshan series. For Professor Michael Sullivan. Zhao Zongzao 1982.’ This work shows the influence of the modern Japanese print.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Hangzhou (place of creation)
    Asia › China › Anhui province › Mount Huang (subject)
    Date
    1982
    Artist/maker
    Zhao Zongzao (born 1931) (printmaker)
    Associated people
    Michael Sullivan (1916 - 2013) (recipient)
    Material and technique
    shuiyin
    Dimensions
    print 47 x 40 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    On loan from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection.
    Accession no.
    LI2022.185

  • Further reading

    Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009), no. 49 on p. 194, illus. p. 195 fig. III.49

Glossary

shuiyin

  • shuiyin

    Shuiyin is a water-soluble ink printed woodcut.

Past Exhibition

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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