the whole of it came not at once | helen c beck - 7/18/26

caput

hardly a hair left
to count or collect

what then will i do
when snow falls

i shall let the flakes
melt on my tongue

and talk to you
of frozen things

HCB 2025

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Yarmulke
2020-2026
12 ¾ x 9 ½ x 9 ½ inches
soft assembly, hair, placed on black velveteen wig holder

Yarmulke | detail

Yarmulke

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Hair Squared
2020-2026
1 ⅞ x 3 ⅜ x 3 ¼ inches
soft assembly, hair

Hair Squared | detail

Cylindrical Vessel
2020-2026
2 ¼ x 2 ¾ x 2 ¾ inches
soft assembly, hair

Cylindrical Vessel | detail

Hair Squared
2020-2026
2 ⅛ x 3 ¼ x 3 ½ inches
soft assembly, hair

Cylindrical Vessel
2020-2026
2 ⅝ x 2 ⅞ x 2 x 3 inches
soft assembly, hair

Cylindrical Vessel | detail

Hair Squared
2020-2026
2 x 3 ¼ x 3 ⅜ inches
soft assembly, hair

Hair Squared

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Offering Bowl
2020-2026
2 ¼ x 7 ⅜ x 7 ½ inches
soft assembly, hair, with gold leaf flakes, under 6 inch square acrylic clear cover

Offering Bowl | detail

Offering Bowl

Offering Bowl | detail

Offering Bowl

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Hair Cloud on Twig
2020-2026
16 ¼ x 4 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches
soft assembly, hair, on rustic wood fragment with twig

Hair Cloud on Twig

From Formlessness into Form
2020-2026
10 ½ x 10 ½ inches
color pencil on foam core

From Formlessness into Form

Medusa
2020-2026
10 ½ x 9 ¼ x 1 ⅝ inches
soft assembly, hair, under clear acrylic cover

Medusa | detail

Medusa

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Reliquary
2017-2026
19 ½ x 26 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches
collection of soft assemblies, hair

Reliquary

Reliquary | detail

Reliquary

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Nature Morte
2022-2026
2 ¼ x 5 x 4 ¾ inches
soft assembly, hair, with common black insect

Nature Morte

Nature Morte | detail

Needle in a Hairstack
2022-2026
4 ½ x 3 ¼ x 3 ½ inches
soft assembly, solid hair block with sewing needle

Needle in a Hairstack

Needle in a Hairstack | detail

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Diaphanous
2024-2026
3 x 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches
soft assembly, hair, under 6 inch square acrylic clear cover

Diaphanous | detail

Oppenheim/Oppenheimer
2024-2026
26 ½ x 33 ¼ x 11 ¼ inches
soft assembly cup & saucer, hair, gold dental crown & melted gold fragments inside cup, charred wooden table, hammered stainless steel spoon

Oppenheim/Oppenheimer | detail

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From the Annals of Insanity: ’Twas Ever Thus
2026
11 x 14 inches
altered digital print of 1976 pen & ink drawing titled Bogeyman, revised and retitled 2026