Tang Desheng
Plowing and transport, one machine with many uses, Dantu County

Plowing and transport, one machine with many uses, Dantu County
Plowing and transport, one machine with many uses, Dantu County
Plowing and transport, one machine with many uses, Dantu County
ArtistChinese, born 1947
CultureChinese
Titles
  • Plowing and transport, one machine with many uses, Dantu County
  • from the series Educated Youth, 1969-1979
Date1974
Place depictedChina
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 19 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (50.2 × 50.2 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/4 × 24 1/8 in. (64.1 × 61.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frederick Baldwin & Wendy Watriss in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2015.363
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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionTang Desheng’s series Educated Youth, 1969-1979 documents the government program that ordered millions of urban-educated youths to leave their homes and families to live and work with farmers and peasants in rural China.
ProvenanceThe artist; Frederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.

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