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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.38
People
Xu Bing 徐冰, Chinese (born 1955)
Title
Harvest’s End (Wan chang), 1982, from the Shattered Jade (Sui yu) series (1977–83)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: “碎玉”系列之 完场
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1982
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Beijing
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375619

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with hand coloring on verso
Dimensions
14.6 × 15.1 cm (5 3/4 × 5 15/16 in.)
sheet: 34.8 × 34.6 cm (13 11/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: in pencil; lower right: 徐冰 [Xu Bing], 1982
  • inscription: by the artist; in pencil; lower left: 23/100 完场 [Harvest' End]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ink Studio, LLC, Seattle, WA, Aug. 10, 2021], sold; to Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz, Newton, MA (2021-2022), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz
Copyright
© Xu Bing 徐冰
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.38
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This small woodblock print is printed with black ink outlines on the front and is hand-colored in red, yellow, blue, and green from the back. The scene shows villagers gathering to watch a film, surrounded by bales of hay and seated on stools and benches under starry skies. On the makeshift movie screen, a thresher works its way across a field with mountains in the background, and a loudspeaker affixed to the left side of the screen blares the audio. Two children, one with pigtails, are seated towards to the front for a clearer view, a dog watches with rapt attention at the back, near the projectionist. Pairs of figures sit with their heads tipped towards each other, arms slung affectionately around each other’s shoulders.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/04/2023 - 06/03/2024

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