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Pékin
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Pékin
Pékin
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Drawing

Peking
Artist (1924-1993)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsHandwritten on board, c.r. : FLOURO / DOUBLE / PRINT / 55%; handwritten on board, l.r. : 85; handwritten on paper taped on board, l.c. : Peking. / Old impassable (by which) city / that is slowly demolished. / Middle sized construction - mostly / manual with bamboo frameworks / about brick buildinds. / Cranes and luavier machinery uvel / on 'obviously' government edifices. / note : man made will going up in / background. For future government / building.; handwritten on label glued on back, u.l. : # 494; stamped on back, b. : 870207N #1088 CRESCENT; printed label glued on back, l.r. : 073164
Period 20e siècle
Medium / Technique Felt pen, wash and ink (flouro) on card taped on board
DimensionsCard: 25,7 × 35,8 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.) Board: 39,2 × 48,2 cm (15 7/16 × 19 in.)
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts
Origin Ontario, Canada
Object NumberM2012.123.377
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by the R. Howard Webster Foundation and The Toronto Star
Status
Not on view

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