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Messages from Wrestler in Hell, Episode III

Series TitleRing

Artist Terry Allen (American, born 1943)

Date1979

MediumSculptural tableau; mixed media

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object numberF81-37

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DescriptionA three-part installation. The left section has a grey base on which sits two grey pedestals: back with a niche on the right, a smaller one in front on the left side. The base sits at the wall, and rising from it up the wall is a black painted rectangle framing the section. In the niche of the large pedestal are a black desk lamp shining a red bulb and a gold-rimmed glass picture frame showing two midget female wrestlers standing on either side of a man. On top of the large pedestal, on the left, is a depression in which sits an old, black typewriter. On top of the typewriter is a stuffed crow. On the right is a glass top on which sits a picture frame that holds the white on black statement "LOVE,/ GRANDFATHER". On the wall, just to the right of this section, hangs a light wood glass frame which holds a white paper on which punctuation marks have been typed in red ink. When installed, this tableau occupies 30 running feet of wall space.

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