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Chinese New Year’s Poster

Artist Unknown

Artwork Details

Chinese New Year’s Poster
circa 1940
Artist Unknown
color woodblock print on paper
4 ft. 2 in. x 18 3/4 in. (127 x 47.63 cm)
Transfer from the Asian Art Archives, Department of History of Art
1983/1.379

Description

Subject Matter:

Collage of Chinese opera singers. They have their faces painted in colorful masks, which represent different characters from history or folktales.

Physical Description:

Image of an opera singer with mask in the center, and four opera singers around him. Another opera singer riding an animal is below them. Collage of additional opera singers surround the center figures.

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