id:			169820
accession number:	2012.100
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.100
updated:		2020-11-04 22:11:32.863000

½ Series, 1998. Zhang Huan (Chinese, b. 1965). Chromogenic print; paper: 119.4 x 104.1 cm (47 x 41 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2012.100

title:				½ Series
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creation date:			1998
creation date earliest:		1998
creation date latest:		1998
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, 20th century
technique:	chromogenic print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - Misc. 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Zhang Huan (Chinese, b. 1965)  - artist

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measurements: Paper: 119.4 x 104.1 cm (47 x 41 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: "1/2 Zhang Huan (signed) 1998 [unidentified markings] ap 14/15"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 3, 2012
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fun fact: 
The artist used his own body for this “concept photo,” a performance done for the camera without an audience.

digital description: 
This work was inspired by the market in Beijing where Zhang Huan ate breakfast every morning. “I could see rows and rows of ribs on sale at different stalls. When I saw the ribs, I saw myself. Half of a person is his body and the other half is his soul.” The human body is meat, but so much more.

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