The Prisoner Song

Terry Allen American

1984

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Artwork Details

Title: The Prisoner Song
Artist: Terry Allen (American, born Wichita, Kansas, 1943)
Date: 1984
Medium: Graphite and colored pencil on paper, oil, lead strips, gum, Plexiglas, nails, graphites, feather, and hair on lead sheet
Dimensions: H. 46 1/2 × W. 46 1/2 × D. 3 in. (118.1 × 118.1 × 7.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchase, Clarence Y. Palitz Jr. Gift and various donors, 1987
Object Number: 1987.70
Rights and Reproduction: © Terry Allen
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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