A lecture on Houdini [videorecording] / Allen Ruppersberg. [1973]

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A lecture on Houdini [videorecording] / Allen Ruppersberg. [1973]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226069587

In this performance video Ruppersberg delivers an original text on the life of Harry Houdini while attempting to escape from a straight jacket.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (31 min.) : sd., b&w ; 3/4 in. original.

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Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926

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Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American escape artist, illusionist, stunt performer and mysteriarch, noted for his escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as "Harry 'Handcuff' Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from ...

Ruppersberg, Allen 1944-

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American conceptual artist, born 1944. Ruppersberg studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, receiving his BFA in 1967. He lives and works in New York City and Los Angeles....