Xu Bing
Haystack Reflection

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Artist Xu Bing(Chinese, born 1955, active United States)Chinese, born 1955, active United States

PublisherPublished by Xu Bing(Chinese, born 1955, active United States)Chinese, born 1955, active United States

CultureChinese

Titles

Haystack Reflection
from the Series of Repetitions

Date1987

MediumWoodcut on Japan paper, edition 31/50

DimensionsBlock: 18 5/8 × 28 1/8 in. (47.3 × 71.5 cm)
Sheet: 26 × 35 3/4 in. (66 × 90.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2023.469.2

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Prints and Drawings

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, above block, top left corner: 43 [upside-down]
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below block, left bottom edge: 31/50
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below block, center bottom edge: [Chinese characters]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, center bottom edge: Xu Bing [cursive]
Recto: Dated in graphite, below block, right bottom edge: 1987
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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