Latest Museum Acquisitions
Notable additions to institutional collections worldwide include Chinese prints and a rare stringed wood carving by Barbara Hepworth.
A selection of Suzhou prints, assembled by specialist bookseller and collector Christer von der Burg, has been purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Over 100 prints were acquired by each museum.
- The prints are large-scale and polychrome, featuring subjects such as cityscapes, elite women, birds, and flowers.
- The works blend Chinese painting traditions with European conventions like linear perspective.
Many Suzhou prints were lost during China's Cultural Revolution, but some were preserved due to their circulation in European and Japanese collections.
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Author's summary: Museums acquire rare Chinese prints.