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Hao Ping born 1952 - Knocking at the Door
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Knocking at the Door
by Hao Ping born 1952
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| Date Sold |
Tuesday, August 9, 2005 |
| Title |
Knocking at the Door |
| Artist |
Hao Ping born 1952 |
| Description |
We have been wondering about the deeper meaning of this design. Recently we got the answer by Hao Ping himself. He says that the female person depicted on this image represents a woman from Tibet. For the Chinese, Tibet is a place full of mystery, and for the Tibetans, the outside world is also very mysterious. Thus there is a door between two worlds. The Tibetans want to open the door to see outside, and the Chinese want to do the same to see inside. This print is a wonderful art work and a document of "Zeitgeist" at the same time.
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| Signature |
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil. |
| Dated |
1998. |
| Medium/Technique |
Woodcut. |
| Impression |
Printed from several blocks in oil-based inks on a pliable, Chinese paper. The thick oil-colors make the print look a bit like an oil-painting. |
| Condition |
Margins wrinkled, small part missing on top left corner (0.5 cm = 0.2 inch), tear of 1 cm = 0.4 inch on top margin. |
| Edition Size |
180 plus AP:20 |
| Numbered |
64 / 180 |
| Note |
Hao Ping is one of the 60 contemporary Chinese woodblock artists selected for the collection of the London based Muban Foundation. |
| Width Item |
26.8 inches = 68.0 cm |
| Height Item |
28.0 inches = 71.0 cm |
| Width Image |
23.6 inches = 60.0 cm |
| Height Image |
23.6 inches = 60.0 cm |
| Literature |
Christer Von der Burg, "The Art of Contemporary Chinese Woodcuts", Muban Foundation, 2003, ISBN: 0954604814, - pages 136/137 |
| Note |
The image does not show full margins and was not taken from the individual print. Because of the minor differences, we used the stock image taken from a previous copy. |
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