Mel Chin

"HOMEySEW 9"

1994

A handgun and its disassembled internal components neatly displayed on a white board.
A handgun and its disassembled internal components neatly displayed on a white board.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1994

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
External: Glock 9mm handgun: steel, polycarbide plastic, Optional tag in two patterns: silver, enamel
Internal: 2” Ace bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline (100 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride) with IV needle and polyethylene tubing, narcotic analgesic, (5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride, 500 acetaminophen), intramuscular Epinephrine (0.3 mg), angiocatheter (14 gauge)

Dimensions
Overall: 5 7/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (13.8 × 18.6 × 3 cm)

Accession number
95.119a-f

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/10022

Part of a series:
Study for "HOMEySEW 9"
1 work

A handgun and its disassembled internal components neatly displayed on a white board.



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