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Hung Liu
Crossing the River: Leaping

2003

$5,500
£4,230.97
€4,910.95
CA$7,756.31
A$8,688.38
CHF 4,563.45
MX$105,647.85
NOK 57,788.16
SEK 54,856.50
DKK 36,652.31

About the Item

Color lithograph, Edition 30. Hung Liu grew up in China and came of age during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. She spent four years in the countryside as a laborer, studied painting at the Central Academy of Art and in 1984 received permission to attend the University of California-San Diego where she earned an M.F.A. Known for paintings based on historical Chinese photographs, Hung Liu's subjects over the years have been prostitutes, refugees, street performers, soldiers, laborers, and prisoners, among others. With these anonymous photographs she summons the ghosts of history into the present.
  • Creator:
    Hung Liu (American, Chinese)
  • Creation Year:
    2003
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 44.5 in (113.03 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
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  • Gallery Location:
    Lyons, CO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU32421022883

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