Accession Number
1983/1.378

Title
Chinese New Year's Poster

Artist(s)
Artist Unknown

Object Creation Date
circa 1940

Medium & Support
color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
( )

Credit Line
Transfer from the Asian Art Archives, Department of History of Art

Subject matter
<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Collage of Chinese opera singers. They have their faces painted in colorful masks, which represent different characters from history and folktales.

Physical Description
<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Image of an opera singer with mask in the center, with four more opera singers surrounding him, and three smaller opera singers with masks below. Collage of additional opera singers surround the center figures.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
poster

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
collage (technique)
opera singers
posters
red colors