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Sun Mingjing
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Description
- Sun Mingjing
- ZIGONG SERIES: BRINE WELLS
- Digital Print
Executed in 1938, printed in 2012, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the artist's family.
Zigong Series: Brine Wells
Already during the Ming Dynasty, the areas of Ziliujing and Gongjing in Sichuan were producing salt. Several workers driving drills with foot petals could create mines a thousand meter deep. The technology they used remains a mystery. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, when the Japanese military attempted to incapacitate the Chinese by cutting off their salt supply, the Ziliujing and Gongjing mines became crucial sources for the entire country. Sun Mingjing's photographs document the entire process of creating a salt mine during the Republican period. They are of tremendous value for both history and posterity.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the artist's family.
Zigong Series: Brine Wells
Already during the Ming Dynasty, the areas of Ziliujing and Gongjing in Sichuan were producing salt. Several workers driving drills with foot petals could create mines a thousand meter deep. The technology they used remains a mystery. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, when the Japanese military attempted to incapacitate the Chinese by cutting off their salt supply, the Ziliujing and Gongjing mines became crucial sources for the entire country. Sun Mingjing's photographs document the entire process of creating a salt mine during the Republican period. They are of tremendous value for both history and posterity.
Provenance
Private Asian Collection
Exhibited
Beijing, Sun Mingjing Photography Exhibition: A Social Survey during Mingguo Period, SDX Joint Publishing Company & ShanDong Pictorial Publishing House, Beijing, February 2 - 15, 2004
Beijing, Sun Mingjing 1938 Zigong Photography Exhibition, Popular Photography, October 12 - 21, 2006
Beijing, Sun Mingjing 1938 Zigong Photography Exhibition, Popular Photography, October 12 - 21, 2006
Literature
Sun Jiansan, Huang Jian & Cheng Longgang ed., A City with Salt Wells Everywhere, Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, 2005, p. 32 - 33