The First Early Spring after the Liberation, a Celebration of International Women’s Day in Front of the Taihe Temple of the Forbidden City
1949, printed 2021
Artist, Chinese, 1927 - 2020

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 40 × 55.9 cm (15 3/4 × 22 in.)
sheet: 50.5 × 60.9 cm (19 7/8 × 24 in.) -
Accession
2022.15.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
GAO Chu, Director, Social Archive of Chinese Photography, Zhejiang Province, China; gift to NGA, 2022.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by Gao Chu, lower left below image in graphite: 3/25; lower center: Celebration of International Women's Day 1949; lower right: 牛畏予作品 [Niu Weiyu work] 高初印放 2021 [Gao Chu print and enlarge 2021]