Artwork Description
Hung Liu – Chinese Profile
Dimensions: 80 x 80″
Year: 1998
Medium: oil
Hung Liu’s Chinese Profile series is one of her most admired. The San Jose Museum of Art boasts one in its permanent collection, and the painting is one of the most frequently requested works to be loaned to other institutions. The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery included one of Liu’s Chinese Profile paintings in its award-winning exhibition Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, curated by Dr. Dorothy Moss. This Chinese Profile painting is the only work from this series currently available on the international art market and is a highly desirable addition to any museum or private collection.