Landscape
1977
Dedicated to the erudite translator Yang Xianyi (b. 1915), this landscape is representative of “New Landscape Painting,” which was created from the late 1950s to the 1970s and featured an economically prosperous China and symbols of the Cultural Revolution. In this work, steam-engine boats filled with industrial goods sail across a river beneath a monumental cliff. In earlier eras, such landscapes would have included solitary boats and contemplative scholars fishing by themselves. This painting instead retains the social-realist flavor of the period.
Ink and color on paper
Overall: 78 9/16 x 30 11/16 in. (199.5 x 77.9 cm)
Image: 53 7/16 x 26 15/16 in. (135.7 x 68.4 cm)
Gift of John B. Vincent in memory of Irene Vongehir Vincent
2007.97
Provenance: Yang Xianyi楊憲益 (1915–2009) and Gladys Yang (1919–1999)
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
