Xu Bing – Book from the Sky – China – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/77468
Bing (born 1955) Date: ca. 1987–1991 Culture: China Medium: Installation of hand-printed
Bing (born 1955) Date: ca. 1987–1991 Culture: China Medium: Installation of hand-printed
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Although his subjects were close at hand-usually everyday scenes taken from his immediate
Their hand-painted surfaces feature classic decorative patterns and motifs combined
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Fragmentary marble grave stele of a hoplite (foot soldier) Aristokles ca. 510 BCE left hand
#15 John Painter Collection, Mark Sykes, England, n.d. (Prior ownership per Sykes: James Hooper Collection, England before 1976, Dick Pohrt Jr, Ann Arbor, MI and Jim Ritchie,Toledo, dealers, n.d., Painter Collection, 2001 No
The artist used a hand-weaving tool called a heddle to make the band.
Varying the angle at which the stick is applied, as well as the pressure of the hand
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of Saint Balbina South Netherlandish ca. 1520–30 Portrait of a Man with His Hand
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rapier used alone or in tandem with a dagger, shield, or even a cloak in the left hand
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Hand-dyed photographs, mounted and framed in 35 parts, 9 ft. 10 3/4 in.
From before 1987, collection of Christos G. Bastis, New York; [by 1996, with the Merrin Gallery, New York]; 1996, acquired by Leonard Stern, purchased from the Merrin Gallery; 1996-2022, collection of Mr
Each hand has five fingers indicated by fine grooves.