id:			171506
accession number:	2014.3
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.3
updated:		2025-05-10 11:04:34.707000

Chinese Hand Laundry, 1984. Martin Wong (American, 1946–1999). Acrylic on canvas; overall: 121.9 x 175.2 cm (48 x 69 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller, 2014.3. Courtesy of the Estate of Martin Wong and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York

title:				Chinese Hand Laundry
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creation date:			1984
creation date earliest:		1984
creation date latest:		1984
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creditline:			Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller
copyright:			Courtesy of the Estate of Martin Wong and P.P.O.W Gallery, New York

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culture:	America
technique:	acrylic on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Martin Wong (American, 1946–1999)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 121.9 x 175.2 cm (48 x 69 in.)
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	inscription:	"Chinese Hand Laundry 347 East Fifth Street Manhatten Martin Wong 1984" inscribed on verso
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Stories from Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Rosenman collection
	date: 1984–2014
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	Rosenman collection, sold to P.P.O.W. Gallery, NY, NY
	date: 2014
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2014–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Metropolitan Museum of Art. <em>Notable acquisitions. Vol. 7. (1984-1985)</em> New York, NY:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985
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	Wong, Martin, Marcia Tucker, and Amy Scholder. <em>Sweet Oblivion: The Urban Landscape of Martin Wong</em>. New York: Rizzoli, 1998.
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	Whitney Museum of American Art, and Maxwell Lincoln Anderson. <em>American Visionaries: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art</em>. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2001.
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	Kim, Elaine H., Margo Machida, and Sharon Mizota. <em>Fresh Talk, Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art</em>. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.
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	Fellah, Nadiah Rivera. “Urban Isolation.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 9.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 9.
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