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Chin, Mel. "HOMEySEW 9", 1994. External: Glock 9mm handgun: steel, polycarbide plastic, Optional tag in two patterns: silver, enamelInternal: 2” Ace bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline (100 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride) with IV needle and polyethylene tubing, narcotic analgesic, (5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride, 500 acetaminophen), intramuscular Epinephrine (0.3 mg), angiocatheter (14 gauge), Overall: 5 7/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 3/16in. (13.8 × 18.6 × 3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee, 95.119a-f. (Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art)
Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art

"HOMEySEW 9"

1994

Mel Chin

Original Source
Maker/Artist
Chin, Mel
Classification
Sculpture
Formatted Medium
External: Glock 9mm handgun: steel, polycarbide plastic, Optional tag in two patterns: silver, enamelInternal: 2” Ace bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline (100 ml of 0.9% Sodium Chloride) with IV needle and polyethylene tubing, narcotic analgesic, (5 mg oxycodone hydrochloride, 500 acetaminophen), intramuscular Epinephrine (0.3 mg), angiocatheter (14 gauge)
Medium
external, glock, handgun, steel, polycarbide, plastic, optional, tag, patterns, silver, enamelinternal, ace, bandage, micro, electronic, locator, normal, saline, sodium, chloride, needle, polyethylene, tubing, narcotic, analgesic, oxycodone, hydrochloride, acetaminophen, intramuscular, epinephrine, angiocatheter, gauge
Dimensions
Overall: 5 7/16 × 7 5/16 × 1 3/16in. (13.8 × 18.6 × 3 cm)
Accession Number
95.119a-f
Credit Line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee

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