Yangtze Dam in China, Chesley K. Bonestell

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Chesley K. Bonestell, Yangtze Dam in China
Chesley K. Bonestell, Yangtze Dam in China
Chesley K. Bonestell
Yangtze Dam in China
circa 1949
Chesley K. Bonestell
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