Mount Huang Series No. 5
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.The late 1970s witnessed a return to traditionalism with the revival of printing with water-soluble inks. A leading exponent of this trend, Zhao Zongzao created a new landscape style of abbreviated compositions by highlighting the grain of the woodblock. Here, he uses this new technique to suggest the natural textures of the granite cliffs of Mount Huang (Yellow Mountain).
Artwork Details
- Title: Mount Huang Series No. 5
- Artist: Zhao Zongzao (Chinese, born 1931)
- Date: 1991
- Culture: China
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 23 3/4 x 178 3/4 in. (60.3 x 454.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art