Paper Lanterns

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Artist: David Salle
Date: 1998
Medium: Solar plate intaglio
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 29 7/8 × 22 3/8 in. (75.9 × 56.8 cm)
Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art
Credit line: Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 1999

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David Salle

Postmodern painter who layers fragmented images from high and low culture into enigmatic visual collages.

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