The Great Wall Primary School (Changcheng xiaoxue 长城小学)

© 1960, Tan Quanshu

The Great Wall Primary School (Changcheng xiaoxue 长城小学)

Currently not on view

The Great Wall Primary School (Changcheng xiaoxue 长城小学),

1960

Tan Quanshu 谭权书, born 1936
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2011-61

Information

Title
The Great Wall Primary School (Changcheng xiaoxue 长城小学)
Dates

1960

Maker
Tan Quanshu 谭权书
Medium
Sheet; ink on paper
Dimensions
block: 59.4 x 44.1 cm. (23 3/8 x 17 3/8 in.) sheet: 73.8 x 62.8 cm. (29 1/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Novel Energy Ltd.
Object Number
2011-61
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
woodblock prints, prints
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
trees, stairs, elementary schools, children (people by age group)

–2011 Pa Ning Wong, President, Novel Energy Ltd., (Beijing, China) by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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