Dream
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This print comes from a series of twelve prints that illustrate and narrate the artist’s dreams. Chen Haiyan records her dreams daily and reproduces them in a sketchy, sometimes naive style. This work tells her dream of fishing in a river.
Chen, a leading printmaker in China, developed an innovative and individualist approach when artistic censorship was loosened in the 1980s. This work is representative of her experimentation.
Chen, a leading printmaker in China, developed an innovative and individualist approach when artistic censorship was loosened in the 1980s. This work is representative of her experimentation.
Artwork Details
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- Title: Dream
- Artist: Chen Haiyan (Chinese, born 1955)
- Date: 1986
- Culture: China
- Medium: Woodblock print; oil-based ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 11 15/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30.3 x 24.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art