Tchou Ming-Kang, “Avec de la volonté on arrive à tout”, c.1955

Tchou Ming-Kang (fl.1950s—?)

“Avec de la volonté on arrive à tout” (With willpower you can achieve anything), c.1955, an original woodcut in two colours published in Peking (now Beijing) in 1956 by Éditions en Langues Étrangères (Foreign Languages Press) (fl.1952–) as plate 9 to the folio of 40 original woodcuts printed in the People’s Republic of China, “Gravures sur Bois de la Chine Nouvelle.” Note that this print was featured in the second National Exhibition of Fine Arts (China) in 1955 and was chosen from this exhibition for its inclusion in the 1956 folio of prints representing the achievements of “la Chine Nouvelle” (the new China).

Woodcut in two colours (black and olive green) printed on fine cream wove (China) paper with full margins and with printed title as published.

Size: (sheet) 34.8 x 25cm; (image borderline) 24.1 x 17.6cm.

Lettered below the image: (centre) “9. Avec de la volonté on arrive à tout   Tchou Ming-kang”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression in a pristine condition.

I am selling this superb colour woodblock print designed to showcase what must have been a period of thriving industry and constrained celebration of the arts in China during the mid-1950s—mindful that the folio in which this print features was published by a press that was later “owned and controlled by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Languages_Press)—for AU$174 in total (currently/approximately US $116.66/EUR107.61/GBP89.59 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU $174) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this original and one of the earliest images of propaganda art from the founding period of the People's Republic of China (my apologies if I’m incorrect about this), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.