Hung Liu

Missing Parts
1992

An artwork featuring a collection of various facial features drawn in black ink, such as eyebrows, eyes, noses, and mouths, arranged in rows on a textured white paper. In the center, there is a rectangular inset displaying a small, mummified figurine lying on its back. Chinese characters are interspersed among the drawings, providing descriptions or titles for each set of features. The piece has an anthropological or archival aesthetic.

An artwork featuring a collection of various facial features drawn in black ink, such as eyebrows, eyes, noses, and mouths, arranged in rows on a textured white paper. In the center, there is a rectangular inset displaying a small, mummified figurine lying on its back. Chinese characters are interspersed among the drawings, providing descriptions or titles for each set of features. The piece has an anthropological or archival aesthetic.

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Date
1992

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut, embossing, and collage

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 41 3/8 × 68 1/4in. (105.1 × 173.4 cm)

Accession number
2001.2

Edition
5/14

Publication
Printed and published by Island Press

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/13369

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Hung Liu
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