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Jack Pierson
The Crippled Beggar Knew a Priceless Secret
found metal, plastic and wood letters, glass, wax, wood, glazed ceramic, artificial flowers, paint, postcards, string, shell, incense sticks
installed 112 x 60 5/8 x 9 in (284.50 x 154 x 22.90 cm)
Signed, titled and dated "The Crippled Beggar Knew a Priceless Secret 2006 JACK PIERSON" on the reverse of the letter "T" from the word "Secret."
Full-Cataloguing
"The things people say are about longing and nostalgia, the subject matter is always kind of out of reach, it’s either the past or the future but what I make is the present."
Jack Pierson, 2012
Jack Pierson, 2012