The First Crack of Thunder
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CHEN TING-SHIH (1916-2002)
The First Crack of Thunder
titled 'The First Crack of Thunder' (lower left of the first scroll);
numbered '17/20' (lower right of the third scroll); &
signed and dated 'Chen Ting-Shih 1972' (lower right of the fourth scroll)
cane fiber board relief print on paper, hanging scrolls (quadriptych)
each: 120.6 x 60.5 cm. (47 1/2 x 23 7/8 in.) (4)
overall: 120.6 x 242 cm. (47 1/2 x 95 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1972
one seal of the artist
edition 17/20
The First Crack of Thunder
titled 'The First Crack of Thunder' (lower left of the first scroll);
numbered '17/20' (lower right of the third scroll); &
signed and dated 'Chen Ting-Shih 1972' (lower right of the fourth scroll)
cane fiber board relief print on paper, hanging scrolls (quadriptych)
each: 120.6 x 60.5 cm. (47 1/2 x 23 7/8 in.) (4)
overall: 120.6 x 242 cm. (47 1/2 x 95 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1972
one seal of the artist
edition 17/20
Literature
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art,, Retrospective Exhibition of Chen Ting-Shih at the Age of Eighty, exh. cat., Taichung, Taiwan, 1993 (another edition illustrated, p. 62-63).
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Immersed in Poetic Grace: the 10th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition of Chen Ting-Shih, exh. cat., Taichung, Taiwan, 2012 (another edition illustrated, p. 15 and 150).
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Immersed in Poetic Grace: the 10th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition of Chen Ting-Shih, exh. cat., Taichung, Taiwan, 2012 (another edition illustrated, p. 15 and 150).
Exhibited
Taichung, Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Retrospective Exhibition of Chen Ting-Shih at the Age of Eighty, December 1993 – March 1994 (another edition exhibited).
Taichung, Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Immersed in Poetic Grace: the 10th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition of Chen Ting-Shih, April – July 2012 (another edition exhibited).
Taichung, Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Immersed in Poetic Grace: the 10th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition of Chen Ting-Shih, April – July 2012 (another edition exhibited).
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