ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Artwork, painting dedicated to POW*MIA service personnel listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) and entitled, "THE DOOR" by Cedar Shoals High School (Athens, Georgia) student & artist Worth Parker. The painting is executed by-hand in various colors of acrylic [?] paint upon a sliding glass door panel and incorporates aesthetic motifs including: the national POW*MIA logo, Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopters, Grumman A-6 Intruder heavy strike aircraft, an impressionistic sunset, & a squad of seven (7) service personnel armed and exiting a troop transport. The painting also bears the hand-painted names of three hundred and sixty-seven (367) service personnel identified at the time of production as POW*MIA by the Department of Defense (DOD) and whose names are consequently listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM). Nine (9) additional names of individual service members are also listed on the artwork, but could not be located in the DOD Wall Memorial database. The painting was subsequently donated to L.Z. Friendly, who left the artifact at The Wall along with another artwork by Worth Parker entitled, "THE CAGE" (VIVE (7011)) on Veterans Day, November 11, 1990.

ASSEMBLAGE DEDICATED TO POW*MIA SERVICE PERSONNEL LISTED ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) AND CONSISTING OF: COMPONENT (A) ARTWORK, PAINTING ENTITLED, "THE DOOR" AND COMPONENT (B) ENGRAVED BRASS METAL COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE. COMPONENT (A) ARTWORK, PAINTING ENTITLED, "THE DOOR" BY CEDAR SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL (GEORGIA) STUDENT AND ARTIST WORTH PARKER AND PAINTED UPON A SLIDING GLASS DOOR PANEL. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED BLACK METAL SLIDING GLASS DOOR FRAME WITH A BLACK POLY-PLASTIC DOOR HANDLE AT THE PROPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND TWO (2) LARGE PANES OF TEMPERED GLASS AT THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE OBJECT SURFACES. THE GLASS PANE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE IS HAND-PAINTED IN BLACK, WHITE, GRAY, GREEN AND YELLOW ACRYLIC PAINT IN A MOTIF CONSISTING OF: A DEPICTION OF THE POW*MIA LOGO IN BLACK AND WHITE AT THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND CORNER, DIRECTLY ABOVE A REPRESENTATION OF A BELL UH-1 IROQUOIS HELICOPTER (ALSO REFERRED TO UNOFFICIALLY AS A, "HUEY") EXECUTED IN BLACK, WHITE, GREEN, & YELLOW, AND A FRONTAL VIEW OF A GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER HEAVY STRIKE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED IN BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY AT THE LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER. SURROUNDING THESE GRAPHIC IMAGES ABOVE, BELOW, AND TO THE PROPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND STRETCHING FROM THE UPPER TO THE LOWER EDGE (AND PROPER RIGHT- TO PROPER LEFT-HAND SIDE) OF THE GLASS PANE ARE HAND-PAINTED NAMES OF AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL DESIGNATED AS POW*MIA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) AND WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM). THE GLASS PANE AT THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE IS HAND-PAINTED IN BLACK, WHITE, GRAY, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, AND GREEN ACRYLIC PAINT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT CREATES A BACKDROP FOR THE GLASS PANE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. THE MOTIF OF THIS REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE GLASS PANE CONSISTS OF: AN IMPRESSIONISTIC VIEW OF A SUNSET EXECUTED IN RED, ORANGE, AND YELLOW, A PROFILE VIEW OF TWO (2) GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER HEAVY STRIKE AIRCRAFT DELIVERING BOMB PAYLOADS AT THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND CORNER, A PROFILE VIEW OF A BELL UH-1 IROQUOIS "HUEY" HELICOPTER AT THE UPPER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, A FRONTAL VIEW OF TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BELL UH-1 IROQUOIS "HUEY" HELICOPTERS, A FRONTAL VIEW OF TWO (2) ADDITIONAL GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER HEAVY STRIKE AIRCRAFT, AND A SQUAD OF SEVEN (7) SOLDIERS IN PROFILE ARMED AND IN FIELD ATTIRE EXITING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TROOP TRANSPORT EXECUTED IN BLACK AND WHITE ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PANEL. COMPONENT (B) ENGRAVED BRASS METAL COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE. THE RECTANGULARLY SHAPED PLAQUE WAS ONCE AFFIXED TO THE ARTWORK (ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOW BECOME DISJOINED) AND IDENTIFIES THE TITLE OF THE PIECE, "THE DOOR", ARTIST, "WORTH PARKER", DONOR, "L.Z. FRIENDLY", AND DATE OF DONATION, "NOVEMBER 11, 1990" (VETERANS DAY). ACCORDING TO A DONOR LETTER ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED WITH THE OBJECT THE ARTIFACT WAS CREATED BY WORTH PARKER, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT CEDAR SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL IN ATHENS, GEORGIA. THE ARTIFACT WAS THEN DONATED TO L.Z. FRIENDLY, WHO LEFT IT AT THE WALL ALONG WITH ANOTHER ART INSTALLATION BY WORTH PARKER ENTITLED, "THE CAGE" (VIVE (7011)) ON VETERANS DAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1990. TURNER BOOK, PG. 220. THE OBJECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VIVE (7011).

Text of the engraved inscription upon the obverse object surface of COMPONENT (B) is transcribed in full, as follows: " "THE DOOR" / BY WORTH PARKER / PRESENTED TO THE VVM / NOV. 11, 1990 / BY / L.Z. FRIENDLY, ATHENS, GA"

Item Weight: 31.0kg
Item Length: 200.5cm
Item Width: 92.0cm
Item Depth: 4.0cm (Panel depth)