Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman
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Object Label
It reads:
By Walt Whitman
An artist who used to live in Brooklyn.
Clouds of the west—sun there half an hour
Crowds of men and women attired in the
On the ferry-boats the hundreds and
more curious to me than you suppose,
years hence are more to me, and more in my
Caption
Xu Bing (Chinese, born 1955). Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman, 2018. Ink on paper, a (mounted): 48 13/16 × 89 3/8 in. (124 × 227 cm) a (unmounted): 39 × 74 in. (99 × 188 cm) b (mounted): 48 13/16 × 89 3/8 in. (124 × 227 cm) b (unmounted): 39 × 74 in. (99 × 188 cm) frame (a): 94 5/16 × 52 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (239.6 × 132.9 × 6.4 cm) frame (b): 94 3/8 × 52 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (239.7 × 132.7 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Xu Bing to the Brooklyn Museum in honor of his father, 2018.24a-b. © Xu Bing Studio.
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Title
Square Word Calligraphy: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Walt Whitman
Date
2018
Medium
Ink on paper
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Dimensions
a (mounted): 48 13/16 × 89 3/8 in. (124 × 227 cm) a (unmounted): 39 × 74 in. (99 × 188 cm) b (mounted): 48 13/16 × 89 3/8 in. (124 × 227 cm) b (unmounted): 39 × 74 in. (99 × 188 cm) frame (a): 94 5/16 × 52 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (239.6 × 132.9 × 6.4 cm) frame (b): 94 3/8 × 52 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (239.7 × 132.7 × 6.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Xu Bing to the Brooklyn Museum in honor of his father
Accession Number
2018.24a-b
Rights
© Xu Bing Studio
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