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Site of the Golden Spike Celebrations

Site of the Golden Spike Celebrations

Artist/Maker (American, born in China, 1959)
Date2006
MediumChinese ink on paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 in. (22.2 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky in honor of Andrea and Ben Gunsberg
Object number2023.1.17
Status
On view
Copyright© Zhi LinMore Information
Lin’s inscription reads: “The ground on which Chinese workers were unwelcomed. On May 10, 1869, after eight Chinese railway workers laid down the last rail for the Central Pacific railway, they, along with 1,500 other Chinese workers who constructed the railway from California to Promontory Summit, Utah, were kept out from the celebration of the Golden Spike—the completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad. Promontory, Utah, May, 2006.”
ProvenanceDriek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID; by gift 2023 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition 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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