Patrick Procktor RA
Lion Rocks Garden, Soochow - 1980
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Aquatint
This is an artist's proof, signed and inscribed: 'AP' from the edition of 75 impressions plus 15 proofs
45.4 x 60.1 cm (inches: 17¾ x 23¾.)
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Plate 3 from 'The China Series'
Procktor was the first modern European artist to visit China in 1980 since the Cultural Revolution. He had long been fascinated by the Chinese scrolls in the British Museum and the pervasive influence of Oriental Art, and secured a permit to travel freely in China with a guide and a driver. Leaving England in February 1980 he spent a month in Hong Kong, and then went on to mainland China for 8 weeks. His search for the picturesque landscape took him to Guangzhou (formerly Canton), Guilin (formerly Kweilin), notably for its dramatic backcloth of conical limestone mountains), Hangchow, Scoochow (best remaining Chinese gardens), Wushi, Nanking and Beijing. The trip produced fifty-nine watercolours.
This 'Venice of the East' is a series of floating bridges, pagodas and pavilions which includes the Emperor's chess table on the left.
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