Xu Bing
Black Tadpoles

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Black Tadpoles
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ArtistChinese, born 1955, active United States
PublisherChinese, born 1955, active United States
CultureChinese
Titles
  • Black Tadpoles
  • from the Series of Repetitions
Date1988
MediumWoodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
DimensionsBlock: 21 9/16 × 29 7/16 in. (54.8 × 74.8 cm)
Sheet: 26 1/8 × 35 3/4 in. (66.4 × 90.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2023.469.1
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below block, left bottom edge: 31/50
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below block, center bottom edge: [Signed and titled in Chinese]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, center bottom edge: Xu Bing [cursive]
Recto: Dated in graphite, below block, right bottom edge: 1988
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below block, bottom right corner: 9
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, center bottom edge: Xu Bing [cursive]
Recto: Artist's Seal in red ink, below block, center bottom edge

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Xu Bing
1987
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.7
Overall recto.
Xu Bing
1987
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.8
Overall recto.
Xu Bing
1987
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.5
Overall recto.
Xu Bing
1987
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.4
Overall recto.
Xu Bing
1987
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.3
Overall recto.
Xu Bing
1987
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.2
Overall recto.
Xu Bing
1988
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.10
Overall recto.
Xu Bing
1988
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50
2023.469.9
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Xu Bing
1988
Woodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/100
2023.469.6
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