id:			417491
accession number:	2020.278.5
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.278.5
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:33.067000

Neither Mountain nor Water 5, 2016. He Sanqing (Chinese, b. 1988). Woodblock print, printed on xuan paper with water-soluble ink; 61 x 97 cm (24 x 38 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Sarah Stern Michael Fund 2020.278.5

title:				Neither Mountain nor Water 5
title in original language:	非山非水之五
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series in original language:	非山非水系
creation date:			2016
creation date earliest:		2016
creation date latest:		2020
current location:		240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
creditline:			The Sarah Stern Michael Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China
technique:	Woodblock print, printed on xuan paper with water-soluble ink
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	Chinese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* He Sanqing (Chinese, b. 1988)  - artist
He Sanqing was born in Hunan province in 1988. He was awarded his BA degree in 2014 and an MA degree from China Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2018. Now he teaches at Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan. He is the First Prize Winner of the Third Muban Printmaking Award 2017.
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measurements: 61 x 97 cm (24 x 38 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	9/30 / 非山非水之五 / 何三青 / 2018.6
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Modern Impressions - Light and Water in Chinese Prints (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2022-11-04T04:00:00
	<i>Modern Impressions - Light and Water in Chinese Prints (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 2022-May 7, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Chinese Woodblock Prints: Context and Practice</em>. The Muban Educational Trust, St. Paul's School, London (January 17-February 5, 2019).

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PROVENANCE

	He Shanqing 何三青 [He Sanqing] [b. 1988], Wuhan, Hubei province, China, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art through the mediation of the Muban Educational Trust, London
	date: 2016-2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020-
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This series of five prints transforms landscape elements into abstract patterns while referencing the monochrome tradition of classical ink landscape painting. He Shanqing presses differently shaped and textured, black inked blocks of wood over a grid of preconfigured lines on a sheet of <em>xuan</em> paper. The results are impressions of remarkable variety in texture, monochrome ink shades, and shapes. The title, <em>Neither Mountain nor Water, </em>negates the subject of mountains and water (<em>shan shui</em>) in favor of and with an emphasis on graphic abstraction. <br><br>He Shanqing was born in Hunan Province. The first prize winner of the Third Muban Printmaking Award in 2017, he graduated from the China Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing with an MA degree one year later.
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