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"ALL OF ME" print for Gallery 1988 Steve Martin show

"ALL OF ME"
Print for Gallery 1988 Steve Martin Tribute Show
Show runs through June 30th at the Venice location (214 Pier Avenue, Santa Monica).
Signed & numbered edition of 25
for sale on the gallery website.

Here are all the references in the piece (unless I forgot some):

TITLE: “All of Me” film

HEADS:
• front: current Steve
• back (L-R): “Roxanne”, “King Tut” sketch from SNL, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”, “Pink Panther”, “Let’s Get Small” (standup)

BODY:
• Suit: “Let’s Get Small”
• Upturned coat-flap & scarf coming out of zipper: “The Great Flydini” sketch from The Tonight Show
• Shoes: “Father of the Bride”
• Sombrero: “Three Amigos”
• Arrow: “Let’s Get Small”
• Ring: “The Pink Panther” 

DOG:
• Steve’s dog Wally
• Bow: “HouseSitter” film
• Hat & medallion: Festrunk Brothers SNL sketch (“two wild & crazy guys”)
• Glasses: “The Jerk”

PROPS:
• Banjo: music career
• Frames: “An Object of Beauty” book (as well as a reference to his art collecting)
• Birds: “Rare Bird Alert” & “The Crow” albums as well as “The Big Year” film
• Pitchfork & fork with cork on it: “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”
• Big underpants: “Planes Trains & Automobiles”
• Table with magic tricks: appearance on the Smothers Brothers
• “Chubby Rain” clapboard: “Bowfinger” film
• Bouquet: “Father of the Bride”
• Record: Steve’s music career
• Sale flyer: “Cheaper by the Dozen”
• Brain in jar: “The Man With Two Brains”
• Trunk: “Planes Trains & Automobiles”
• Eggs: The Great Flydini
• Thermos: “The Jerk”
• Books: “Shopgirl” and his book of Tweets
• Binoculars: “The Big Year”
• Typewriter: “The Lonely Guy” (as well as a reference to his writing career)
• Phone book: “The Jerk” and “The Lonely Guy”
• Tab: “The Jerk” and “The Lonely Guy”
• Pinata & saw: “Parenthood”
• Sheet music: “Pennies From Heaven”
• Red hat: “Planes Trains & Automobiles”
• Black glove: “Shopgirl” (film)
• Tooth & dental tool: “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Novocaine”
• Coins strewn on floor: “Simple Twist of Fate”

"ALL OF ME" print for Gallery 1988 Steve Martin show
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"ALL OF ME" print for Gallery 1988 Steve Martin show

Portrait of Steve Martin for a tribute show at Gallery 1988 in LA.

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