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Based in Beijing, Chinese artist Minjun creates self-portraits with enormous smiles in sculptures, paintings, and prints. The Grassland Series, Woodcut 2, a woodcut from 2008, is a prime example of his sense of absurdity and his approach to the Chinese movement referred to as Cynical Realism.
Source: News, Oct Nov Dec 2017
DimensionsFrame: 39 1/4 × 51 × 2 in. (99.7 × 129.5 × 5.1 cm)
Sheet: 35 × 47 in. (88.9 × 119.4 cm)
Sheet: 35 × 47 in. (88.9 × 119.4 cm)
Accession Number 2017.17
Classificationsprint
SignedYue Minjun (l,r graphite)
Inscriptions20/80 (l,l graphite)
Edition20/80
ProvenanceJim and Ellen Hubbell, Des Moines [acquired by 2017]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2017]
Collections
Images (2)
Michael Wolgemuth
Anton Koberger
Hartmann Schedel
Anton Koberger
Hartmann Schedel
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