Zhang Zudao
The cultural city of Beiping (now Beijing) is peacefully liberated

The cultural city of Beiping (now Beijing) is peacefully liberated

© Chen Changfen

The cultural city of Beiping (now Beijing) is peacefully liberated
The cultural city of Beiping (now Beijing) is peacefully liberated
ArtistChinese, born 1922
CultureChinese
Titles
  • The cultural city of Beiping (now Beijing) is peacefully liberated
DateFebruary 3, 1949, printed later
Place depictedBeijing, China
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 13/16 × 10 in. (17.3 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.6 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Chen Changfen
Object number2006.545
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Beijing; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil verso lower right: "1/10 1949 [signature]"
Signed in pencil in Chinese character lower right below the image and again on verso lower right

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