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Set of 12 New Year Pictures and their folderfront cover

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Associated place

Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (place of creation)

Date

published 1950

Associated people

New Rongbaozhai (established 1949) (publisher)

International Bookstore (established 1949) (retailer)

Material and technique

multi-block woodcuts; fabric-covered board with printed paper

Dimensions

folder 29.6 x 20.5 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)
print 29.3 x 20.3 cm (height x width)

Material index

processed material › paper,

processed material › paper › cardboard

Technique index

printed › relief print › woodcut

Object type index

visual representation › print,

container › case › document-case › folder,

communications equipment › document-case › folder,

visual representation › print › new year-print

No. of items

13

Credit line

Purchased, 2006.

Accession no.

EA2006.271-282
Further reading

Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), cat. nos. 3-14, pp. xi & 8, illus. pp. 9-19

Location

- currently in research collection

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