Unknown (The River Song)
Artist
Francesco Clemente
Date1992
MediumA part of the 7 works on paper accompanied by translations of Chinese Poems by Li Po.
Mixed Media - ink on paper, watercolor on paper.
Print? 16/20
DimensionsFramed: 15 1/2 × 36 × 1 1/4 in. (39.4 × 91.4 × 3.2 cm)
paper: 12 1/4 × 33 in. (31.1 × 83.8 cm)
paper: 12 1/4 × 33 in. (31.1 × 83.8 cm)
Classificationsworks on paper
Credit LineGift of Charles William and Eleanor Ann Reiquam
Object number2010.0002.0002
DescriptionPoetry print by Ezra Pound with blue and black zoomorphic painting at center left.The poetry that accompanies each woodblock print are Ezra Pounds' remarkable translations of medieval Chinese poems by Li Po (A.D. 701-762).
Li Po is often regarded, along with Du Fu, as one of the greatest poets in China's literary history. Approximately 1,100 of his poems remain today.
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