Pair of pigeons (Vietnamese: Đôi bồ câu)
| Accession Nr.: | 76.10.1 |
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| Type: | painting; woodblock print; textile arts |
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| Date of production: |
ca. 1959−1969
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| Signed: | G. Huong |
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| Materials/Techniques: | paper, silk brocade, coloured woodblock print, partly hand-coloured |
| Dimensions: | height: 53 cm width: 29 cm |
Woodcut of two doves in a wide white brocade frame. The work of the Vietnamese artist and silk painter Vũ Giáng Hương, who comes from a distinguished family of artists. The artist was fond of depicting the lives and daily activities of female resistance fighters and women soldiers during the Vietnam War (1955-1975) years.