A Night Mooring on the Chien-te River by Lawrence Andrew Patterson
A Night Mooring on the Chien-te River
Lawrence Andrew Patterson
Title
A Night Mooring on the Chien-te River
Artist
Lawrence Andrew Patterson
1896 - 1964 (biography)Year
1929
Technique
color block print
Image Size
8 1/8 x 4 9/16" image
Signature
pencil lower right
Edition Size
numbered 9 from unknown edition, presumed small
Annotations
pencil dated and numbered
Reference
Paper
soft wove
State
published
Publisher
Lawton Kennedy
Inventory ID
14003
Price
$450.00
Description
This color blockprint by Lawrence Patterson illustrates the poem “Night Mooring on the Chien-Te River” by the Chinese poet Meng Hao-jan (689 - 740) and translated by Witter Bynner in 1929. The publisher was Lawton Kennedy. The Bynner translation reads:
"While my little boat moves on its mooring of mist / And daylight wanes, old memories begin…. / How wide the world was, how close the trees to heaven / And how clear in the water the nearness of the moon."
The print is editioned “9” though the edition is unknown. Patterson's work is rare.
See our "biography link above for more information about Patterson.