Grand Canyon, AZ
Artist
Tseng Kwong Chi
(American, born Hong Kong, 1950 - 1990)
Date1987; printed 2016
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 15/16 × 14 7/8 inches (37.94 × 37.78 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.295
SignedSignature with edition, date, medium, and title on sheet verso, center, in black pen: “Muna Tseng / 6/25 Printed 2015 / silver gelatin, selenium-toned / grand Canyon, Arizona 1987”;
Estate stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: “From the Estate of / TSENG KWONG CHI / ©Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc.”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “E 68 m 6.20”
Edition/State/Proofed. 6/25
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DescriptionImage of a figure sitting with his back to the viewer on the edge of a cliff overlooking a river which runs through a large canyon with billowy clouds above. Large rock outcroppings flank both left and right side of figure.Gallery LabelTseng Kwong Chi explored the themes of personal and cultural identity on a vast public stage. For his Expeditionary Series, Tseng recorded himself in front of a great variety of global landmarks, posed in the guise of his alter-ego, a fictional foreign emissary or ambassador. The subject of these oddly powerful images can be read as either friend or spy, man of the world or perpetual outsider. Born in Hong Kong, Tseng studied art in Paris before coming to New York in 1978, where he became part of the city’s art and club scene.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Estate of Tseng Kwong Chi / Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc., New York
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