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Holding the Brush by Xu Bing — VisualArtsDB

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Holding the Brush

1995

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 22 1/8 x 156" (56.2 x 396.2 cm); sheet (unrolled): 28 9/16 x 176 1/2" (72.5 x 448.3 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US