PrintsChinese20th century

Riverbank

1962

Artists

Mo Ce 莫測Artist

Description

Boats along a riverbank

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Culture

Chinese

Century

20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

image: H. 33.9 × W. 36.3 cm (13 3/8 × 14 5/16 in.) paper: H. 39.4 × W. 41.4 cm (15 1/2 × 16 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Mo Ce, Beijing, China (1962-2010), gift; to daughter-in-law Yiling Mao and son Ping Mo, Beijing and New York (2010-2017), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017. Footnotes: Artist Mo Ce (b. 1928)

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