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Treasures XVI: Emerging From the Wall with Gold and Jade
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Details
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- Date
- 2005
- Artist/maker
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Yu Qihui (born 1934) (printmaker)
- Material and technique
- multi-block woodcut, dab-printed with water-soluble ink
- Dimensions
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mount 60.8 x 81 cm (height x width)
sheet 47 x 63.2 cm (height x width)
print 40 x 54.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 2007.
- Accession no.
- EA2007.73
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Further reading
Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 124 on p. 135, illus. p. 135
Glossary
dab-printed
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dab-printed
Dab-printing is a technique where dampened paper is applied to a cut woodblock, and then dabbed with colour on the raised areas.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum
A successful print should embody the artist's observation and understanding of life, should have unique artistic viewpoint, unique printing technique and unique artistic technical approach.
Yu Qihui graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now called The China National Academy of Fine Arts) in 1960. His early works are primarily monochrome, with realistic figurative subjects and illustrations in both oil-based and water-soluble ink printing techniques. The image of the writer Lu Xun was initially his favourite subject. Since the 1980s, Yu has developed a ‘dab-printing’ technique, in which he applies colour by ‘dabbing’, a technique derived from ancient Chinese ink rubbings. He is the author of many books on the techniques of printmaking.
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