| Title |
Book from the Sky |
| Creator |
Xu Bing |
| Creator Nationality |
Chinese |
| Style Period |
20th Century Art; Contemporary Art |
| Description |
installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014 |
| Creation Date |
1987 - 1991 CE |
| Form |
installation |
| Medium |
hand-printed books and ceiling and wall scrolls printed from wood letterpress type, ink on paper |
| Dimensions |
each book, open: 18 1/8″ × 20″ / 46 × 51 cm; each of three ceiling scrolls: 38″ × c. 114′ 9-7/8″ / 96.5 × 3500 cm; each wall scroll: 9′ 2-1/4″ × 39 3/8″ / 280 × 100 cm |
| Repository |
Collection of the Artist |
| Classes |
ARTH 2500 Introduction to Art History - Art in the People's Republic of China, 1949-present |
| Work ID |
27182 |
| Rights |
©Xu Bing |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6cb779w |
| Setname |
uu_aah_art |
| ID |
2212770 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cb779w |
