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Niagara Falls, New York

Artist Tseng Kwong Chi (American, born Hong Kong, 1950 - 1990)
Date1984; printed 2016
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/16 × 15 inches (38.26 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.300
SignedEstate stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: “From the Estate of TSENG KWONG CHI © Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc.”; Signed on sheet verso, center, in black pen: “Muna Tseng”
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in black pen: “silver gelatin, selenium-toned / Printed 2016 / Niagra Falls, New York, 1984”
MarkingsEditioned on sheet verso, center, in black pen: “11/25”
Edition/State/Proofed. 11/25
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DescriptionImage of a man in military style dress with dark sunglasses standing in field of tall grass. An ID badge is hung from his lapel pocket, and in his left hand is the shutter release for a camera. Behind the figure is a large waterfall that stretched across the top third of the image.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, 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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