Postcard: Manhattan (Statue of Liberty)
1996
Artists
Description
A postcard with an image of the artist with smoke standing along a rocky shoreline with a view of lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty in the distance.
Dimensions
10.7 x 15 cm (4 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Cai Guo-Giang, New York, New York, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.
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