Liu Hung
Butterfly Dreams: Blue Nun

Butterfly Dreams: Blue Nun
Butterfly Dreams: Blue Nun
Butterfly Dreams: Blue Nun
ArtistChinese, 1948 - 2021
CultureChinese
Titles
  • Butterfly Dreams: Blue Nun
Date2012
MediumLithograph in colors with gold leaf and chine collé on white Somerset Satin wove paper, edition 4/10
DimensionsImage: 27 11/16 × 18 1/8 in. (70.4 × 46 cm)
Sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/8 in. (76 × 56.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael W. Dale
Object number2023.44
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ProvenanceThe artist, 2012; [Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM, 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below image, left bottom edge: 4/10
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: Liu Hung [cursive] / 2012
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: 11.312 / White Somerset satin
Recto: Chopmark, below image, bottom left corner: [Tamarind chopmark]
Recto: Chopmark, below image, bottom right corner: [Printer's chopmark]
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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