id:			452853
accession number:	2022.7
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.7
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:20.051000

Lotus No. 12, 1995. Chen Qi (Chinese, b. 1963). Multiblock woodcut printed with water-soluble ink; 65 x 90 cm (25 9/16 x 35 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 2022.7 © Chen Qi

title:				Lotus No. 12
title in original language:	荷
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creation date:			1995
creation date earliest:		1995
creation date latest:		1995
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			© Chen Qi

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culture:	China
technique:	Multiblock woodcut printed with water-soluble ink
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	Chinese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Chen Qi (Chinese, b. 1963)  - artist
CHEN Qi was born in 1963 in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. He graduated from Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts in 1987 and received a doctoral degree from Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts in 2006, Chen Qi currently serves as Professor at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In the solo exhibition <em>The Notation of Time – Exhibition of CHEN Qi’s Art</em> (National Museum of China, Beijing, 2013), Chen Qi attracted major international attention. The artist has been awarded many prices on a national and international level, including a Gold medal at the 13th National Print Exhibition in 1996 in Beijing. He has exhibited in Europe and Asia, including Paris, Geneva, Kuala Lumpur and New Delhi and was one of the four contemporary Chinese artists representing China at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Today his works are collected in the National Art Museum of China (Beijing), Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai), Guangdong Museum of Art (Guangzhou), Jiangsu Art Museum (Nanjing), The British Museum (London), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), and the Fukuoka Art Museum (Fukuoka). While having recently ventured into other media, Chen mostly produces monochrome prints enhanced by the subtle use of water-soluble ink, using traditional woodblock printmaking methods. His works often show a single object at close view depicting its surface texture and material qualities in the reflection of light giving his subjects a magic aura.
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measurements: 65 x 90 cm (25 9/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	12/20 荷 No. 12
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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

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PROVENANCE

	(An Li Gallery, Beijing, China, sold to James Sören Edgren)
	date: 1995–2013
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	J. Sören Edgren, Princeton, NJ, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2013–2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Burg, Christer von der, Bin An, Julia Frances Andrews, David Barker, Ellen Johnston Laing, Frances Wood, and Hwang Yin. <em>The art of contemporary Chinese woodcuts</em> [中国当代木板艺术 = Zhongguo dang dai mu ban yi shu]. London: The Muban Foundation, 2003.
	page number: 	p. 114
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	Chen, Qi 陈琦. <em>Shi jian jian pu: Chen Qi 1983-2013</em> [时间简谱 : 陈琦 1983-2013 = Notations of time: Chen Qi 1983-2013]. Beijing: Renmin meishu chubanshe, 2013.
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