An Attempt to Raise Hell, (sculpture).

An Attempt to Raise Hell, (sculpture).

Oppenheim, Dennis A., 1938-2011, sculptor.

An Attempt to Raise Hell, (sculpture).

Bronze, cloth, plastic, wood, particle board, electric motor, and other materials.

3 parts. Installed: 40 x 23 3/4 x 47 3/4 in.

A puppet with bronze head, dressed in black velvet suit sits atop a rectangular surface. A large bell is suspended directly in front of the figure who periodically jerks foward hitting his head against the bell to produce sound.

Figure male -- Full length

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Bell

Allegory -- Passion -- Wrath

Located Museum of Contemporary Art, 237 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611 Accession Number: PG80.5

Lent by Nathan, Walter & Ann, Glencoe, Illinois

Formerly located at John Gibson Gallery, New York, New York 1974-1975.

"This work is part of the so-called series of "puppet pieces," which feature heads cast from the same mold, although of differing materials and set in different situations."

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Vol. 1," 1984, pg. 118.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, "Selections from the Permanent Collection, Vol. 1," 1984, pg. 119.

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