id:			159559
accession number:	1996.308
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.308
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:26.408000

Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China, 1986. Lois Conner (American, b. 1951). Platinum print; image: 42.6 x 16 cm (16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.); paper: 46.5 x 21.8 cm (18 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); matted: 66 x 35.6 cm (26 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography 1996.308 © Lois Conner

title:				Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China
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series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1986
creation date earliest:		1986
creation date latest:		1986
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Friends of Photography
copyright:			© Lois Conner

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Lois Conner (American, b. 1951)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 42.6 x 16 cm (16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.); Paper: 46.5 x 21.8 cm (18 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Matted: 66 x 35.6 cm (26 x 14 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in negative: "CH86134 Le Shan, Sichuan"; in pencil on recto: "CH861394.15. 9602 / 131HIc94dc / 60u60d / 180b"; "Buddha, Le Shan, Sichuan, China (1986) (64)"
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography
	opening date:   2002-12-07T00:00:00
	<i>Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 7, 2002-April 23, 2003).

	title:		Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2017-08-14T04:00:00
	<i>Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 14, 2017-February 5, 2018).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
This 233-foot-tall stone sculpture was carved by hand from a sandstone cliff.

digital description:


wall description:
Inspired by the elongated scrolls of Chinese landscape painters, Lois Conner uses an antique view camera that yields 7-by-17-inch negatives, well suited to depicting this statue of Buddha. At the top of the image, we glimpse a modern city across the river through the haze. As our eye descends, it echoes the experience of the visitors who climb down to the feet of this ancient monument, built between 713 and 803. Sadly, the sculpture is now imperiled by weathering, air pollution, and the impact of tourists’ visits and, in fall 2020, was endangered by floodwaters.
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