Bamboo
printed 1922
Medium
Hanging scroll of polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 43 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. (110.5 x 30.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 68 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (174 x 41.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 68 1/2 x 20 in. (174 x 50.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
China · Modern period
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1924
Accession Number
CP257
Art Historical Context
Behold the elegant *Bamboo*, arome woodblock print created by Kuang Xü Song Jiang in 1922. This hanging scroll, measuring an impressive 43½ x 11⅞ inches in its image alone, captures the timeless grace of bamboo stalks swaying in an unseen breeze. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Asian Art department (acquired via the Rogers Fund in 1924), it exemplifies Chinese printmaking during the modern period, bridging centuries-old traditions with early 20th-century innovation. Woodblock printing, a cornerstone of Chinese art since the Tang dynasty, reaches new heights here through polychrome ...
About the Artist
Kuang Xü|Song Jiang (Chinese|Chinese) · 1874 |1736 –1909 |1795
Chinese, 1874–1909|Chinese, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736–1795)