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| Artist: | Hao Boyi (born 1938) |
| Title: | Blue Month of the Lunar Year |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1985 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 35146 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title Blue Month of the Lunar Year
Artist Hao Boyi born 1938
Signature signed by the artist
Seal artist's seal
Dated 1985
Technique/Medium Woodcut
Condition very good … right upper corner creased, several creases on the margins
Rating 2 = very good
Edition Size 30
Numbered 9/30
Description "Blue Month of the Lunar Year" The blue month of the lunar year is December. The name comes from a poem from the Tang Dynasty. The poem's message is, that even in winter time there are some green plants in the mountains. They are the harbingers of coming spring and a praise of the strong power of life. A lovely squirrel is playing in the trees.
Note The image does not show full margins and was not taken from the individual print. Because of the minor differences in one edition, we use the stock images provided by our Chinese consignee.
Width 27.6 inches = 70.0 cm
Height 30.9 inches = 78.5 cm
Width of Image 21.1 inches = 53.5 cm
Height of Image 24.4 inches = 62.0 cm |
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| Artist Bio: |
Hao, Boyi was born in 1938 in Shangdong Province. During the cultural revolution, he was dispatched to the northern deserted land. Facing the harsh and tough new environment, he accidentally found arts as his refuge. He cut wood to be his block and painted the beautiful sceneries of the black deserted land by his graver devoutly and passionately.
As time goes by, Hao Boyi's woodcuts were no longer just objective recordings of his environment. Above the visual representations, they also show the unity of nature and human as well as the devotion for life. His style is soft, fresh, elegant and subtle. His artworks are simple but not empty. They show unlimited flavors and vitality of the north land to its full extent quietly; the concrete and the abstract blend harmoniously and peacefully.
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