Drawing - Great Wall of China | McCord Museum

Drawing

Great Wall of China

Artist Duncan Macpherson (1924-1993)

SignatureNon signé / Unsigned

InscriptionsHandwritten on board, u.r. : FLOURO / DOUBLE / PRINT / 55%; handwritten on board, l.r. : 89; handwritten on paper taped on board, l.c. : Great Wall of China. / Small military camp at night. / Army trucks moving north. (no significence) / Note : Target of 'head on shoulders' / on pill box (or gun emplacement) That / are here & there on high ground. / Has been shot at. / MB / Who needs a wall with those / mountains?; handwritten on paper glued on back, u.l. : # 505; printed label glued on back, l.r. : 073175

Period 20e siècle

Medium / Technique Wash, ink and ink (flouro) on card taped on board

DimensionsCard: 25,7 × 35,8 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.) Board: 39,1 × 48,2 cm (15 3/8 × 19 in.)

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts

Origin Ontario, Canada

Object NumberM2012.123.388

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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