Object number:
2016.32.1
Object name:
oil on canvas
Title:
Bindlestiff
Maker:
Hung Liu
Date made:
2015
Material / Technique:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
H: 80 in, W: 120 in, D: 1.5 in
Credit line:
Purchased with funds from the Art Acquisitions Fund
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
The Hung Liu Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Physical description:
Two oil on canvas paintings, displayed together.
Content description:
Two panel painting. The left panel is an image of a man wearing a hat and holding a bindlestiff walking away from the viewer. He is walking in a dry field/valley. The right panel is a skyscape of blue sky with white fluffy clouds.
Concepts:
male; hat; migrant worker; bindlestiff; clouds
Currently on display in the Gallery of California Art
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