Drawing - North of Peking: Reclamation of potential farmland | McCord Museum

Nord de Pékin : réclamation de terres agricoles potentielles

Drawing

North of Peking: Reclamation of potential farmland

Artist Duncan Macpherson (1924-1993)

SignatureNon signé / Unsigned

InscriptionsHandwritten on board, c.r. : FLOURO / DOUBLE / PRINT / 55%; handwritten on board, l.r. : 88; handwritten on paper taped on board, l.c. : NORTH of PEKING / Reclamation of potential / farmland. Separating the / rocks from the soil by manual / labor - note : portable screen / if separates the rock from the / soil. - After they remove the / rocks they fill un the hole with / soil - and start all over again a / few yards away. / see copy.; handwritten on label glued on back, u.l. : # 495; printed label glued on back, l.r. : 073165

Period 20e siècle

Medium / Technique Felt pen, wash, ink (flouro), graphite and paper glued on card taped on board
Collage

DimensionsCard: 28,3 × 36 cm (11 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.) Board: 40,8 × 48,3 cm (16 1/16 × 19 in.)

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts

Origin Ontario, Canada

Object NumberM2012.123.378

DivisionDocumentary Art

CollectionMcCord

CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by the R. Howard Webster Foundation and The Toronto Star

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