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Postcard: Manhattan (Statue of Liberty)

1996

Artists

Cai Guo-QiangArtist

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.

Classification

Prints

Medium

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Culture

Chinese

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Modern & Contemporary Art

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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