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Sunrise over South Lake

Shi Handing Chinese

1981

Not on view

Shi Handing’s prints often combine traditional landscapes with revolutionary iconography. By enriching transparent colors on traditional rice paper, he creates novel visual effects.

This work commemorates the first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, which, after being intervened in Shanghai, moved to a boat on South Lake in Jiaxing, in northern Zhejiang Province. Red, the color of the boat and the rising sun, was emblematic of the Communist revolution and particularly associated with Chairman Mao during the Cultural Revolution.

Sunrise over South Lake, Shi Handing (Chinese, born 1930), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, China — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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Title: Sunrise over South Lake

Artist: Shi Handing (Chinese, born 1930)

Date: 1981

Culture: China

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: Image: 17 3/16 x 22 3/4 in. (43.7 x 57.8 cm)
Overall: 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.6 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum

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