Door Picture: Trader and Urban Worker / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.48.1-2
- Title
- Door Picture: Trader and Urban Worker
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1948
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Hebei (province)
- Shiji Zhuang
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Hebei (province)
- Creation Place 4
- Shiji Zhuang
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
- Dimensions
- 24.8 cm x 34 cm (9 3/4 in. x 13 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- woodblock
- Physical Description
- In this image a worker and peasant face one another, each with his own horse carrying the fruits of his labor. The text reads "Mutual aid between the cities and the countryside."
- Subject Matter
- This is a door picture, which stems from the tradition of posting two gods at the door to act as guardians. When the Community Party came to power, the gods were replaced with laborers and peasants, and the religious or folk aspect turned more propagandistic. In this image, the text reads "Mutual aid between the cities and the countryside."
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3566 x 2410
- File Size
- 516 KB
- Record
- 2006/2.48.1-2
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-2.48.1-2/2006_2.48.1-2.jpg
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"Door Picture: Trader and Urban Worker; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-2.48.1-2/2006_2.48.1-2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
