Vik Muniz

Chuck (from Pictures of Color)
2001

A pixelated portrait composed of numerous square paper notes in various shades of pink, purple, black, and white, creating a mosaic effect. The image resembles a face when viewed from a distance. The bottom of the artwork features a color reference guide.
A pixelated portrait composed of numerous square paper notes in various shades of pink, purple, black, and white, creating a mosaic effect. The image resembles a face when viewed from a distance. The bottom of the artwork features a color reference guide.

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Date
2001

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 90 × 71 1/2in. (228.6 × 181.6 cm) Frame: 92 × 74 5/8 × 2in. (233.7 × 189.5 × 5.1 cm)

Accession number
2001.259

Edition
AP 2/3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee and Bill and Ruth True

Rights and reproductions
© Vik Muniz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/15693

Vik Muniz
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