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None of the Melons Are Ripe

None of the Melons Are Ripe

born 1955

Chen Haiyan 陳海燕

Chinese

The coarsely cut woodblock print in black ink is enclosed within vertically oriented rectangle. The print depicts five watermelons on a grapevine trellis where a figure is sitting. A figure is to the right of the trellis whereas a large wedge of watermelon is underneath the trellis. Chinese characters occupy lower half of the print.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Prints