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Dilmus Hall
American, 1900-1987

Crucifixion with Toothpick, ca. 1983-84
Paint, wood, and putty on wood

Gift of Andy Nasisse for the Nasisse Collection, 1993.30

In the later years of his life, Dilmus Hall created a
series of powerful, abstract constructions depicting
Christ on the Cross, Adam and Eve, and other biblical
stories. In this image of the Crucifixion, Hall explained
that the toothpick represents the "sting of death."