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        "tombstone": "The Great Speckled Bird, 2013. Allen Rawson Ruppersberg (American, 1944-), published by Gemini G. E. L. at Joni Moisant Weyl. Color screenprint on perforated player-piano roll; sheet: 28.6 x 116.8 cm (11 1/4 x 46 in.); framed: 38.4 x 120 cm (15 1/8 x 47 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Stephen Dull, 2018.53.d. \u00a9 Allen Ruppersberg, Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York",
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        "title": "The Great Speckled Bird",
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        "technique": "color screenprint on perforated player-piano roll",
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        "measurements": "Sheet: 28.6 x 116.8 cm (11 1/4 x 46 in.); Framed: 38.4 x 120 cm (15 1/8 x 47 1/4 in.)",
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        "edition_of_the_work": "Edition 8/12",
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        "description": "This work by Allen Ruppersberg is an evocative visualization of American folk music. It takes its title from the Southern hymn \u201cThe Great Speckled Bird,\u201d and it is printed on a player piano roll for that song. Across the image, Ruppersberg hand-wrote the lyrics to different hymns on American motel stationary that he collected over a period of several decades.",
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                "citation": "Kendrick, Isbella. \u201cAllen Ruppersberg: The Great Speckled Bird\u201d in <em>Art in Print</em>, Chicago, Jan.-Feb. 2014, vol. 3, no 5.",
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            {
                "citation": "Ruppersberg, Allen, Jason Burch, and Bill Berkson. <em>And Writing</em>. New York: Christine Burgin, 2014.",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Engberg, Siri, and Thomas E. Crow. Allen Ruppersberg: Intellectual Property 1968-2018. 2018.",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Ollman, Leah. \u201cIn the Studio: Allen Ruppersberg,\u201d in Art in America (March 1, 2018)",
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                "url": "https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazines/studio-allen-ruppersberg/"
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        "creditline": "Gift of Stephen Dull",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:54.023000"
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