CHINATOWN

Artist MAYNARD DIXON (1875-1946)

Date1934

CountryUSA

MediumWatercolor and gouache

DimensionsOverall (Image): 75.4 x 68.3 cm (29 11/16 x 26 7/8")
101.9 x 81.6 cm (40 1/8 x 32 1/8") (Mat)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Janet Southwick.

Terms

Object number820038691

DescriptionA pale wash surrounds an eight sided geometric shape that is wider at the bottom than at the top. Inside the geometric shape is a vignette of oriental objects and two standing figures. The foreground is earth with an outcropping of rocks on the left side. Two gongs, the one on the right placed on a carved stone stand and the one on the left on an orange stand with a decorated face, flank a platform on which two figures stand. In front is a female figure wearing a yellow robe and an orange vest. Her head is covered and she is holding a fan in her left hand. Behind her stands a male figure with a long white beard. Behind them is a life-size image of a bodhisattva. To the left of the figures is a shrub pruned in an oriental style. To the far right is a carved stone marker.

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