[THE ART SERVICE DEPARTMENT, UNION OF CHINESE ARTISTS]. Paper-Cuts of Weihsien, Hopei Province. [Beijing, Distributed by Guozi Shudian. 1956].
22 mounted and hand-coloured paper-cuts, each protected with a glassine sheet, plates measuring 227 by 158 mm, together with 5-page booklet on Chinese paper-cuts in general and one with 3 pages detailing the paper-cuts from Weihsin (text in Chinese, English, French and German), all housed in the original publishers folder of patterned boards, cloth-covered edges, bone pegs and textile ties; overall in very good condition with the colours surprisingly fresh.
Paper-cutting is one of the oldest and most popular folk arts in China, and can be geographically divided into southern and northern styles, represented here by examples from Hebei Province.
SKU: 2090840