Yangtze Dam in China

Chesley K. Bonestell, artist

1888–1986

Yangtze Dam in China, circa 1949

Portfolio/Series title: "Seven Future Wonders of the World," published in Coronet, June 1949

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: illustration board; paint

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 30.2 x 21.6 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 7/8 x 8 1/2 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 33.3 x 25.5 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 13 1/8 x 10 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0719

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Conversation XIV: Water,” Mar-2013, Kate Meyer and Kris Ercums
For centuries the Chinese have watched in mute resignation as the seasonal fury of the Yangtze River roared down the gorges of central China, flooding millions of acres of farm land. To harness the Yangtze would be like turning the Mississippi into the Grand Canyon, then damming it. But plans have already been laid for a huge dam to back up the Yangtze for 400 miles and generate five times as much power as America’s Grand Coulee-an engineering colossus to revitalize an area where 140,000,000 people now struggle for existence.
-1949 Coronet caption