China Arch near Promontory

Artist/Maker Zhi Lin (Lín Zhì 林志) (American, born in China, 1959)

Date2006

MediumChinese ink on paper

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (22.2 × 29.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky in honor of Andrea and Ben Gunsberg

Object number2023.1.16

Status

On view

Lin’s brief inscription reads: "Chinese Arch, 1869. Chinese railway worker’s camp ground, facing Promontory Summit, where the 1st transcontinental railroad was joined. Promontory, May 2006."

Exhibition History

Onsite Watercolor Sketches: Invisible & Unwelcomed People

Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago (January 15, 2008 - February 5, 2008 )
Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA (March 24, 2008 - April 18, 2008 )
Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University (September 22, 2008 - October 17, 2008 )

Shadows of Meaning, Echoes of Memory: Works from the Zirinsky Collection

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 31, 2025 - June 29, 2025 )

Collections

Modern & Contemporary
On View

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