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I Let Go [of the Snake]

I Let Go [of the Snake]

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 circular ring in which a figure is holding a snake. Another figure is underneath them, and to his right there is a table. Chinese characters occupy the whole print with some on top of the image.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

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