album; print; artist book

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Object Type: album; print; artist book
Museum number: 2012,3011.1
Title: Object: Dawo Miaomo Art Book
Description: Album with 25 facsimile prints of the work of Zhang Dawo and a thin A4 documentation folder containing an introduction and several texts by art critics from the United Kingdom and China; bound in an accordeon form, with a wooden cover made of Huon pine; comes with a leather box.
Producer name
Production date: 2000
Production place: Made in: China (probably partly); Made in: Tasmania
Materials: paper; pine wood; leather
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 90 centimetres; Thickness: 14 centimetres (approximately); Width: 90 centimetres
Curator's comments: The album features 25 facsimile prints of the artist's original works. It can be extnded to a length of 46 metres. It took over 100 days for three skilled craftsmen to ount the prints and carve the slipcase. The creation of the album involved a blending of Eastern and Western paper mounting and paper making techniques. The cover of this book has been made with Huon pine, a special slow growing tree from Tasmania that will not rot and was traditionally used for boat building. The trees are currently protected from further felling.; See Gordon Barras, 2002, The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name: Donated by: Zhang Dawo 張大我 (partly); Purchased from: Zhang Dawo 張大我 (partly)
Funder name
Acquisition date: 2012
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2012,3011.1

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