Untitled or Water Buddha, from the series Foxiang, from the portfolio New Photo, Ten Years 1997-2007
- Title:
- Untitled or Water Buddha, from the series Foxiang, from the portfolio New Photo, Ten Years 1997-2007
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Asian Studies
- Creator:
- An Hong
- Creation Date:
- 1997 (negative)
2007 (print)
- ID Number:
- 2008.009.001
- File Name:
- 2008.009.001.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- inkjet prints
- Subject:
- East Asia
portraits - Measurement:
- 45.7 x 35.6 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Color photograph of a male figure standing in a body of water. He is naked from the waist up, with his face heavily made up and hair covered with a boisterous floral headdress. The lower half of his body is covered with a yellow cloth. The figure is leaning to the left, and tall grasses lean to the right in front of him. The water stretches out behind him, dotted with small plants, and reflecting trees in the distance.
- Notes:
- Edition 15/40
Inkjet print from the portfolio New Photo, Ten Years 1997-2007, which includes 16 photographs by contemporary Chinese photographers. - Cite As:
- An Hong (Chinese, born 1965), Water Buddha, from the series Foxiang, from the portfolio New Photo, Ten Years 1997-2007, 1997 (negative); 2007 (print). Inkjet print, image/sheet: 34.8 x 24.9 cm; mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm. Acquired through the Lee C. Lee Fund for East Asian Art, 2008.009.001.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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