Water on the border
Artist's Book
c1994 (published)
c1994 (published)
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'Water on the border' contains six Chinese poems rendered in calligraphy by Li Bai, Tao Yuanming, Qiwu Qian, Zhang Xiaoxiang; transcribed from the Chinese into Scots by Brian Holton, and vigorous pen and ink drawings by pupils of Yarrow Primary School, Philiphaugh Primary School, Selkirk, and Yin Ma Jim Primary School, Hangzhou. Combined with these drawings are photographic images taken from the water surfaces of Yarrow Water, Scotland and West Lake, Hangzhou.
Object details
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| Title | Water on the border (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed book |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'Water on the border', by Helen Douglas and Telfer Stokes, Yarrow, 1994 |
| Physical description | Artist's book containing six Chinese poems. Decorated endpapers. Additional title in Chinese on back cover: Bian jiang shui. Additional title page in Chinese at the back: Bian jie shang de shui. Produced in an edition of 600 as part of the Red Square series. 120 pages. |
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| Summary | 'Water on the border' contains six Chinese poems rendered in calligraphy by Li Bai, Tao Yuanming, Qiwu Qian, Zhang Xiaoxiang; transcribed from the Chinese into Scots by Brian Holton, and vigorous pen and ink drawings by pupils of Yarrow Primary School, Philiphaugh Primary School, Selkirk, and Yin Ma Jim Primary School, Hangzhou. Combined with these drawings are photographic images taken from the water surfaces of Yarrow Water, Scotland and West Lake, Hangzhou. |
| Other number | X950004 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041994136992 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2014 |
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