Hung Liu

Wild Flower (Lotus)
1999

A mixed media artwork featuring a central oval portrait of a young Asian woman overlaid on a background with abstract brown and black drips and splatters. Surrounding the portrait are various smaller images, including a bird, a ship, and several botanical and zoological illustrations, resembling traditional Asian stamps or playing cards. The piece is numbered and signed by the artist in the bottom left corner.
A mixed media artwork featuring a central oval portrait of a young Asian woman overlaid on a background with abstract brown and black drips and splatters. Surrounding the portrait are various smaller images, including a bird, a ship, and several botanical and zoological illustrations, resembling traditional Asian stamps or playing cards. The piece is numbered and signed by the artist in the bottom left corner.

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Date
1999

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph and photolithograph, aluminum gold leaf, and collage

Dimensions
Sheet: 25 1/4 × 19 1/16in. (64.1 × 48.4 cm) Image: 22 1/2 × 16 3/4in. (57.2 × 42.5 cm)

Accession number
99.103.3

Series
from the Wild Flower series

Edition
15/20 | 3 APs, 2 TPs, 1 BAT, 4 Tamarind impressions, 2 Publication proofs

Publication
Printed and published by Tamarind Institute

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/12218

Hung Liu
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