I Let Go [of the Snake]
Chen Haiyan 陳海燕
1986
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper
- Dimensions
- image: H. 19.6 × W. 13 cm (7 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.) paper: H. 32.2 × W. 23 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Genre
Tags
Chinese
About
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.