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Five Goldfish

Five Goldfish

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 a figure holding a big sack by the river. There are two goldfish in the water. Chinese characters occupy upper right half of the print.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Prints