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Twisted Canvas the art of Ted A Gillespie
Title: Little Richard
Dimension: 90Hx30Wx8D
Medium: Door, Antique light, Photo, Curtain, Art Glass,Plaster, Toys
Circa: Life Magazine 1963, Harlem
In 1963 "Little Richard" lived in Harlem. His parents did not have any water, heat or food for the family. In the photograph, Little Richard's lips were chapped and swollen from eating plaster.
Toys and spoon in plaster buckets.
"Little Richard" is part of Gillespie's new series, "It's OK To Cry"
2023, Today 811 million people worldwide, go to be bed without food.
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