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I just remember seeing the Tim Hawkinson in a book and the material listed was fingernails. Could be some toenails. That's not an important distinction to me. A lot of Kienholz work is raw. I don't think he made anything that was beautiful but I think it's important to look at the truth when it isn't palatable and that's what he did. The line I remember about that piece, The State Hospital, was the figure is trapped, unable to imagine anything other than the reality they're experiencing, thus the neon word bubble. He also has really good pieces about lynching, war and backroom abortion. Fun stuff.