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Details
- Alternative title
- 石窟印象 [Shiku yinxiang]
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- People's Republic 1949 - → China
- Date
- 1989
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Edition
- 1/6
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 51.2 cm image; 55.2 x 70.0 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., in Chinese, pencil "Gao Zhenheng 89".
- Credit
- Gift of Ruth Burgess 1996
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 296.1996
- Copyright
- © Gao Zhenheng
- Artist information
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Gao Zhenheng
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About
This print depicts the imprint of a rock cave carving. In China there is a long tradition of making rubbings of the rock carvings inside venerated Buddhist cave temples such as Dunhuang in Northwest China.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
The People's Progress 20th Century Chinese Woodcuts, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Oct 1996–15 Dec 1996
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Provenance
Gao Zhenheng, 1989-Oct 1995, Tianjin/China, the artist inscribed and gifted this print to Ruth Burgess in 1995.
Ruth Burgess, 1995-May 1996, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, May 1996.