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Image credit:听Hung Liu, Chinese (b. 1948), Official Portraits: Immigrant, 2006, color lithograph,听30 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches. Purchased as part of The Sharkive, with funds from听Kemper Family Foundations, UMB Bank; anonymous; Polly and Mark听Addison;听Karen and Don Ringsby; College of Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado听Boulder; Wayne and Nona Yakes and contributions from over 200 donors, CU听Art Museum, 麻豆免费版下载, S2019.484. Photo courtesy听of听Shark鈥檚 Ink, 漏Hung Liu / Shark鈥檚 Ink.