Artist:Mel Chin
Medium: Paper, hemp twine, white oak, bronze, silk, brass, pigment, patina, Styrofoam, wood
Dates:2008-2019
Dimensions: Fundreds, height per bundle: approx. 5 1/2 in. (14.0 cm) pallet: 16 × 87 × 77 1/2 in. (40.6 × 221 × 196.9 cm) sign: 77 1/2 × 92 7/8 × 2 in. (196.9 × 235.9 × 5.1 cm)
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Accession Number: 2019.29
Image: 2019.29_FundredPalletandSignIMG_0069.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Ornate pallet on which rests approx. 7,500 bundles of “Fundreds” tied with hemp twine. “Fundreds” are a printed paper currency template on which the People of America (all 50 States) have hand-drawn 470,243 individual drawings. Styrofoam and wood sign reads: “WE THE PEOPLE/OF THE/UNITED STATES/OF AMERICA/FUNDRED RESERVE”.