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Calendar Poster with a Lady

Hu Boxiang Chinese
1930
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
In the early twentieth century the center of popular print production moved from Suzhou to Shanghai, where a vibrant poster industry drew heavily on the Western techniques of photography and lithography, as exemplified by this calendar poster for the year 1930 advertising tobacco.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Calendar Poster with a Lady
  • Artist: Hu Boxiang (Chinese, 1896–1989)
  • Date: 1930
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Photolithograph; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 45 9/16 x 15 1/16 in. (115.8 x 38.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art