The Day Continues into Night – Shisanling Reservoir Construction Site at Night (日以繼夜——十三陵水庫工地之夜)

© Liang Dong

The Day Continues into Night – Shisanling Reservoir Construction Site at Night (日以繼夜——十三陵水庫工地之夜)

Currently not on view

The Day Continues into Night – Shisanling Reservoir Construction Site at Night (日以繼夜——十三陵水庫工地之夜),

1958

Liang Dong 梁棟, born 1926
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2009-125

Information

Title
The Day Continues into Night – Shisanling Reservoir Construction Site at Night (日以繼夜——十三陵水庫工地之夜)
Dates

1958

Maker
Liang Dong 梁棟
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 26.8 x 73.2 cm. (10 9/16 x 28 13/16 in.) sheet: 33.6 x 79.8 cm. (13 1/4 x 31 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Asian Art Department Fund
Object Number
2009-125
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
In graphite lower edge
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
woodblock prints, prints
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
printing (process)
Subject
evening, construction workers, men, reservoirs (water distribution structures), night, darkness, shadows

–2009 China Guardian Auctions (Beijing, China), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.

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