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Snow over the Waterside Village

Wu Jide Chinese

1988

Not on view

In the post-Mao era the landscape of Zhejiang Province became a major theme for printmakers attempting to recover traditional culture by asserting local identity. Wu Jide, a major exponent of this movement, produced a set of twenty-two prints of carefully observed local scenes and customs for a children’s book entitled Plum Rain, published in 1989. This print from the set demonstrates Wu’s special technique of block printing opaque colors on a dark ground to achieve textural variety and chromatic luminosity.

Snow over the Waterside Village, Wu Jide (Chinese, born 1942), Multiblock woodcut; ink and color on paper, China — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Snow over the Waterside Village

Artist: Wu Jide (Chinese, born 1942)

Date: 1988

Culture: China

Medium: Multiblock woodcut; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: Image: 15 1/4 x 11 9/16 in. (38.7 x 29.4 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum

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