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Lanterns

Series TitleDaily doodles, 2001-2023

Artist Gonkar Gyatso (Tibetan, born 1961)

DateJanuary 31, 2022

MediumPencil, ink, stickers, paper cut-out on fine art paper

DimensionsFramed: 13 1/8 × 11 3/8 × 2 inches (33.34 × 28.89 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the generosity of the Foyer Foundation and the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund

Object number2025.29.20

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DescriptionThis scene is of two Chinese workers dressed in white hygienic suits. They are spraying down a set of red lanterns with disinfectant before it goes up on a lamp post. A red cloud emanates from the lanterns, which are also surrounded by pink dots and cherry blossom stickers. Several other cartoon stickers are stuck around the edges of the composition.
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The air quality, “33 AQI”, is listed at the top in green next to a yellow-green, spiky cloud. In the top right corner in blue is the Chinese phrase, “999 Dedication to Love, Guardian of the Family”. This is a slogan for a Chinese medicine brand. The letters, “WFH” at the bottom may refer to the phrase, “Work From Home”.

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