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A black and white print in two panels with text on the right panel.

The print show two black panels bordered in white. A widely spaced pattern of stars covers the black surface of both panels. The right panel shows a page from the Beijing newspaper, People’s Daily for January 1, 2014. The page is printed in Chinese, three portions of the page are black squares.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.44.9
People
Sarah Sze, American (Boston, MA born 1966)
Published by Moonlight Editions
Title
Midnight, Beijing
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Midnight
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2015
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357478

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silkscreen and digital pigment print on laser-engraved paper
Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
55.2 × 77.8 cm (21 3/4 × 30 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., in graphite: Sze 2015 AP 2/3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Edition of 5, AP 2/3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.44.9
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jennifer Roberts, Contact: The Art and Pull of Print, Princeton University Press (Princeton and Oxford, 2024), p. 191, fig. 6.17, ill.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1120 Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/10/2019 - 09/22/2020

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