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.
This print has been sold
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