Needle and Thread are as Inseparable as Fish and Water (Zhenzhen xianxian yu shui qing 针针线线鱼水情)

© Yang Shutao

Needle and Thread are as Inseparable as Fish and Water (Zhenzhen xianxian yu shui qing 针针线线鱼水情)

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Needle and Thread are as Inseparable as Fish and Water (Zhenzhen xianxian yu shui qing 针针线线鱼水情),

printed 1975

Yang Shutao 杨淑涛, born 1938
Published by Tianjin renmin meishu chubanshe
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2011-47

Information

Title
Needle and Thread are as Inseparable as Fish and Water (Zhenzhen xianxian yu shui qing 针针线线鱼水情)
Dates

printed 1975

Maker
Yang Shutao 杨淑涛
Published by Tianjin renmin meishu chubanshe
Medium
Sheet; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
image: 48.4 x 61.6 cm. (19 1/16 x 24 1/4 in.) sheet: 52.9 x 76.9 cm. (20 13/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome Silbergeld and Michelle DeKlyen
Object Number
2011-47
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
In red ink bottom edge Stamped in blue ink lower right margin
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
political art, posters, prints
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
boys, girls, stars, revolutions, peach trees, buildings, women, children (people by age group)

–2011 Jerome Silbergeld and Michelle DeKlyen (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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