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The dummy is dressed in the jacket of a Second World War veteran, complete with medals.
Wall merges realism with fantasy in his work: the feet of the dummy and its operator are inseparable and confused.
Left, above, below left: details from
A ventriloquist at a birthday party in October 1947 1990 |
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Compare with Houdon’s Bust of Voltaire.
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Voltaire 1778
© Voltaire Institute and Museum / BPU – Geneva |
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